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margotb822 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:18 PM
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Kill Me now
I just heard this: "I believe in trickle down economics."

WTF is wrong with people???
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:20 PM
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1. When you figure that out,
let me know.
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:21 PM
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2. Well, if someone is believing in this trickle down, then they should be
believing that they will be soon experiencing the Great Depression...
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:21 PM
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3. Probably has a pee fetish.
:P
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:22 PM
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4. Rich?
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margotb822 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:49 PM
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9. No,
not by a long shot. In fact, has been hurt by trickle down economics, but blames his pains on the great evil of taxes.
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:26 PM
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5. the majority of people have IQs that are average or below
think about it, a majority of people are stupid, because the average IQ is set at 100 (unfortunately not real bright) and then many people who start out with more than average lose it thanks to lack of education, head injuries/accidents, hell, a bout with encephalitis or another disease can cause you to lose your edge, and then there is the ever-popular age related mental decline and the varieties of dementia

i liked tim leary's idea that we need intelligence increase because god knows what else we can do if we don't tackle that one in a democratic society

as it stands, if we must all bow to majority's will, we are lost, because the majority of people are sadly stupid

the bright people may be a LARGE minority but they are still ultimately a minority

and that's what's wrong w. people in my view
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:38 PM
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6. To quote a friend..........
Intelligence is a constant. The population is increasing.
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margotb822 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:01 PM
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11. That is a good point
Of course, it goes into voting privilege based on intelligence. It's a deadly spiral, but it's sad to know we'll never do better than "slightly below average."
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:38 PM
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7. Who said it? n/t
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margotb822 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:48 PM
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8. An idiot at work
He's still yammering and it's making me want to drink...
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:07 PM
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14. I hope he's not in charge of anything! n/t
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prayin4rain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:52 PM
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10. Don't you want their pennies to rain on your head? n/t
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margotb822 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:01 PM
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12. Maybe if we're lucky,
they'll drop them from one of their very tall buildings...
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:02 PM
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13. Some people will gladly tie the knot around their necks if you hand them the noose....
..... Years of successful and insidious brainwashing.


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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 01:12 PM
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15. Ask him what part of 'trickle down' economics he enjoys the most. Paying a higher percentage of his
wages in taxes than the boss? Watching his CEO get millions in yearly bonuses while he gets a 1.5% raise to offset 6% inflation? Or was it watching as millions of good paying jobs were 'outsourced' to other countries while the business got a hefty tax break from the feds?
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