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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:04 PM Original message |
400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined. Let's out them. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. TBF is one |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good place to start. |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. the list beyond the top 10 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. So all those people have 1 billion or more. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
87. Weath that high should be illegal. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #87 |
114. It should certainly be taxed a lot more than it is. n/t |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
130. I Know One of Them |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. There should be a profile on one of them, every single day... |
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rdking647 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
62. i dont think they would care |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
90. Excellent idea. Anything to expose their greed. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
138. And they need to be put on decks of playing cards......... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Praise Facebook and twitter with one side of our mouths and curse them with the other. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Let their works be known |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Are you talking about how much a person gives to a good cause? Charity? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. To list is not to condemn. |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. According to the logic of your argument, we aren't |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
139. The word is EXPLOIT. They shouldn't be allowed to ....... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Maybe users should have been charging them to post on TwitFace |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. The internal conflicts of progressives. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. Take it. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. +1 |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. That is totally unrealistic... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It's unrealistic because they have the wealth to control public opinion. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. WTF? |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
94. Do you not understand that at some point these people started making too much? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
140. WTF............. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #140 |
144. Another stupid strawman argument... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #144 |
153. A "stupid" idea= your opinion........... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #153 |
155. Okay.... |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #153 |
159. ok |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #159 |
168. How will making the rich pay their fair share turn us into a third world country? |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Well, maybe--just maybe!--the people are in the process of taking BACK public opinion. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. That is an easy enough answer. But totally fucking wrong and simplistic. nt. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. My method involves progressives and moderates taking control |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I couldn't agree more |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
79. capitalism never has been & cannot ever be democratic. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. Thanks for your caricature of capitalism, but... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. i have no idea what it is because there's no such animal. you, on the other hand, |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Oh, bullshit... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. the fraction of profit taken by "small & medium-sized" businesses has |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. Why don't you... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:06 PM Original message |
it's not something that can be proved in a pithy post. go look at the data yourself, |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
105. I did give it... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #105 |
126. i just did. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. No, you... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
148. Deleted message |
OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Hear, hear! :) Community-owned ventures. Yep. n/t |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #52 |
99. There you go! The local communities decide what to do with the profits. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Even better. Take it BACK! Give it back to the people it was stolen from. n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. +1000000 |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. take it back. |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. in some cases |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
131. So? His heirs won't be. n/t |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
92. Agreed. It's time to take back what they stole from us. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. But that is okay, they earned every penny and all us poor workers |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. Understand your point but I believe the facts are that 1/2 to 1% of citizens own about 50% of our |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Those are the facts as I understand them as well, and they're appalling. n/t |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why would we want to |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. If they really want to help, then a 90% tax rate would help a lot |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
129. So take that up |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. So that leaves the remaining 99.5% which are mostly hoarders |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. Count me out too. Some on DU despise wealth, I just can't understand why. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
82. one's heart has nothing to do with it. concentrated economic power = |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #82 |
112. I used to have you on "Ignore" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #112 |
136. yes, i would. however, my charitable giving doesn't have the power to corrupt |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:03 AM Response to Reply #136 |
157. So you think |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #82 |
163. What she said! |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
102. big bank accounts = greed That tells us all we need to know about their heart. |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #102 |
115. Nope. You're wrong. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. So you are saying... |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #120 |
128. I am saying |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. And a 90% tax rate would hurt them one bit. |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. Forbes richest 400 people in U.S.A.2010 list link: |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Notice that 6 out of 10 inherited their wealth. Also, about "taking it back".... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Excellent post |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. This is an assault on our quality of life in this country. I think the rich would have no issues |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. "How can we ensure those tax dollars go where they are needed?" My question also. nt |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Make everyone go on a 'public campaign funds only' for a while |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. IMO putting the SSN of each voter in a hat & drawing for congressperson can be no worse than present |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Fucking unbelievable... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Considered how easily our current Constitution allows no more than a Corporatocracy... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Really? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Well, explain where we are now |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. I asked you... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Claim of what? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Yeah... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #60 |
106. Excellent idea. No more stolen elections by the neocons that way. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. Squeeze the rock if you have to nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. Exile them and take their money |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. This is the... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
59. It's called "Wealth Redistribution" |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. LBJ's Great Society was not about... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Point 1: Them leaving the country because the taxes are so high is not exiling |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Dude... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Here is all I am saying: Make the richest 2% or so visible |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. In other words... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. If Code Pink does that, its OK |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. You're both wrong... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. How about the air-horning of Pinochet |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #80 |
88. Dude... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
108. Then why are you on this progressive board if you don't like progressive ideas? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #108 |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #108 |
113. How is confiscating someone's wealth and... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #113 |
118. How is it not? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. Wealth redistribution is not... |
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50000feet (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #122 |
135. How is wealth distribution |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #135 |
169. So you are saying taxation is theft? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #122 |
141. the us government exists to redistribute wealth, mostly from the bottom to the top. |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. Hey all....the mods are watching this thread - just a reminder... |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. What good is outing them going to do? I will answer, NADA, not one FT. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Let me just put in a plug for... |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. "democratic capitalism" is an oxymoron |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. Absolutely not. It is alive and well among those that have the guts to make a |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
85. the fact that it is difficult to start up a business is irrelevant to the issue of the economic |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Except thousands of businesses are started... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. and most of them fail in the same year. there are fewer independent businesses |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. Please prove that... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. go look at historical irs data. i've done the exercise, do it yourself. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. It's YOUR claim. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. it's a claim that requires more than a link, it requires a study of the data. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. Then link me to... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #107 |
123. i didn't get the information by looking at a "study" but by studying the irs & labor data for myself |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. That doesn't remotely support the claim... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #125 |
132. it doesn't? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Ummm, no... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #133 |
137. the percent of the population that's self-employed (working for self & not for another) |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #137 |
142. I give up... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. sba defines "small" business as 500 to 1500 employees, receipts up to 21.5 million. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. Yeah, yeah, yeah... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #143 |
146. Do you realize that your posts conflict with |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #146 |
151. your definition of "contradict" doesn't interest me. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. Of course it doesn't n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #103 |
150. Deleted message |
SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
66. Only to people who don't have... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
147. Oh inna, you've kicked the anthill now............... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Why don't you educate yourself about... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #149 |
154. Sweetie, your little "democratic capitalism" works GREAT............ |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #154 |
156. So, tell me what you don't like about it |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #147 |
162. LOL true that |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #162 |
164. Suspension of Disbelief, good call.......... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. Dude.... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #164 |
167. A quick read of "Atlas Shrugged" reveals the capitalist mindset perfectly |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #162 |
165. Dude... |
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rdking647 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
64. rich people |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. Partially yes |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
83. Thing is, that would be an illegal company |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #83 |
96. That is bullshit... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #96 |
109. (1) How is that bullshit? That is law - as is the Citizens United case. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. Then cite the... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #111 |
116. Encyclopedia of Everyday Law |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. Dude... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. I am? Wow, I would say it looked like quite the opposite |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. Dude... |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. The DU moderators want to add a comment here about "Let's make life hell for them" |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Thank you guys. :) n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. To the mods: I apologize |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Deleted message |
NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. So far, so good! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
170. Very Good Point |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
41. High percentage of "Ignored" posts on this thread. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
54. I understand you're focused on individuals who are wealthy... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Wow. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. You're welcome! :) n/t |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. A more effective and thought out avenue at that. nt. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. I love this |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:33 AM Response to Reply #54 |
158. why that's so beautiful it deserves its own sticky post. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #158 |
161. I'm a huge fan of usuncut.org. Started in the UK... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
117. Oprah is sure to be on that list |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #117 |
160. WTF |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
134. BS |
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