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Hillary Clinton

applegrove

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1. The GOP wants to cleave the country into two groups: rich assholes

Reply to realmirage (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 06:16 PM

Jun 2016

and the poor that will include formerly well of professionals like teachers and doctors and factory workers who will see their jobs replaced by robots, and then join the rest of the working poor. They want all predatory or morally laxadaisical people to be rich because they will then vote and support Republicans. No middle class anymore. Thus the GOP would be able to win all elections by hoarding money, power and knowledge.

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Holy shit - Paul Ryan sneaks Wall Street attempt to hurt your retirement into GOP anti-poverty plan [View all] realmirage Jun 2016 OP

The GOP wants to cleave the country into two groups: rich assholes applegrove Jun 2016 #1

Their practice of taking something horrible and putting it in a pretty package realmirage Jun 2016 #2

I first thought of it when our conservative prime minister cancelled the long applegrove Jun 2016 #3

That's exactly why Democrats have been realmirage Jun 2016 #5

Here, here. applegrove Jun 2016 #6

It will be interesting to see how this rule works itself out over the next few years Yupster Jun 2016 #4

I'm not a finance expert, but I looked at some of the details realmirage Jun 2016 #7

You read through that fact sheet and thought it sounded good? Yupster Jun 2016 #10

If it's so bad, why is the GOP trying to kill it realmirage Jun 2016 #11

It was pretty obvious why he vetoed the bill. Yupster Jun 2016 #13

Framing. Take a page from the gop. fleabiscuit Jun 2016 #8

What a guy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2016 #9

And, President Obama just Vetoed! Cha Jun 2016 #12