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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:42 AM Original message |
Michael Moore: "The joke's on us, folks." |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R n/t |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Man, I love Michael Moore! |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. K&R...n/t |
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iwishiwas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. What a downer!! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. Thank you Michael Moore! |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. His general message is right, but he is clueless.... |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. His general message is right. He is clueless. He is a worthless |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. his general message is that corporations exploit the tax code... |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. If you are bothered by his style, don't read or listen |
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ArcticFox (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I don't think Moore's message meant that corps don't spend time on their taxes |
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Lefta Dissenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
84. EXACTLY |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. The bullshit is that anyone would think like you. |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
67. These poor corporations are the ones who's lobbyists have written those |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
69. Who would think that by reading what he wrote? |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
72. Unfortunately.............. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
77. Monstrous horseshit. |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
78. Nice try. But it is not Michael Moore that infuriates me. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
88. Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh are from different universes. Stupid comparison. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Image gratutitously stolen |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
93. Moore points out the LOOPHOLES, as others have said |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. wtf? the tax code may not have been set up for them to exploit it |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No, he is spewing his regular bullshit |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Far from it ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Banks don't have to make loans to make money |
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Casandia (181 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Hmm....."you act like Michael Moore is the highest authority on |
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Casandia (181 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
96. This, of course, was sarcastic, and you |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
54. That would be a bank in Michigan and one would have to open a CD account |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
56. You're so full of it.Banks borrowed from treasury at 0% then loaned it back to treasury at 3%.Easy $ |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. No one claimed Moore expert on anything, just insightful.Unlike the others you mention |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. The spending cuts only go to pay for the tax breaks to corps and billionaires |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. We all know we don't have a spending problem except for defense.Just a revenue problem |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Moore points that out but you're too pretentious to acknoweledge it & compare him to Beck |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. This has never been about the budget.Roll back Reagan tax cuts-prob.solved |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Corporate welfare and Michael gets the message out there while you just yawn. |
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prairierose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
92. Boy, good use of logical fallacies...not... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Your argument has nothing to do with what Michael Moore is saying |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. really? "piece of shit"? you put him in the same |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. I have never heard anyone on DU |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Yes, we must sound the troll alert. Sigh. Why don't they go to a film or something instead? |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. do you realize that your post about your girlfriend at Rolls Royce merely reinforces Moore's point? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. It's cheaper to pay lobbyists to insert loopholes |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. So Rolls Royce is just now filing their taxes? |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Yes, thanks for calling bullsh*t on this. I find it rather hard to believe as well. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
90. I think his girl friend is spending the weekend with a fatcat Rolls purchaser! |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Hahahaha!!!! Corporate taxes were due March 15th. She's a month late. |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Yeah. I guess they got an extension. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. ; ) Then they are due September 15th. His girlfriend can go back to bed and sleep in tomorrow. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
65. But -- she works for ROLLS ROYCE! They must have special rules! (hee hee) |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
83. Zing! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. Michael Moore is right. And it's not our problem |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
53. You're clueless Indyprag.His point is they are not bothered by tax burdens in the least |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Any tax problem would always be to their benefit.No worries ever.Not like us |
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Swampguana (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
68. You're on your own in this argument |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
70. Are you fucking stupid? You just proved Moore's point. Go shopping or something. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
81. Fuck YOU, asshole...you are the CLUELESS one |
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Duck (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Finally |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 06:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
87. Yea Indy |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
91. Wow...just wow |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. We need to start call them corporate parasites........ |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. recommend |
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babydollhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. yup |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. And yet GE's fucking lackeys in Congress moan and wail every day about |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. K & R! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. HUGE K & R !!! |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
22. I received this some time after posting about my not wanting to take part in sacrifice |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. Corporations have raided our |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. They contribute campaign dollars to the federal government's elected officials. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Cheers once again for Michael Moore -- !!! |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. GE income taxes |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. One of the few sources of real truth. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. No, Mr. Moore, it's Royalty Revisited. |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. "New" Royals? Hardly. City of London snakes still run the show after all these millennia. nt |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
86. Yeah, but the Wall Street + K Street snakes have now joined them. nt |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. Well someone should tell |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. We should boycott GE and stop buying their light bulbs. |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. This time he has a point. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. Something tells me those billions ain't coming from lightbulb sales. |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
64. They are arms dealers too plus propaganda merchants. Nuclear power plants etc. |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
48. kick for the snark |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R |
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Duval (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. K&R n/t |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
60. No Joke, I want to know why GE is not sharing the pain? |
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Swampguana (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
66. Go moore! |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
71. Michael, you're the man! |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
73. so, if corporations are people |
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offmybrain (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
74. What top companies pay in taxes |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
75. Recommend |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
76. And thern there's Andy Britebart in Madison |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
79. The Democratic leadership had their chance and they choked. Blew it. Fucked up. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
80. I am convinced it a class war |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
82. K and R |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
89. K&R |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
95. Tax the all! |
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