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Old 12-21-2013, 04:03 PM
 
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Is this another of Elizabeth Warren's attempts to appear intelligent?
Is this another poster's failed attempt at humor?
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Old 12-21-2013, 04:31 PM
 
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A healthy society cannot exist without a healthy middle class and neither can democracy.
Neither can be had with Democrats in power.
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Old 12-21-2013, 04:49 PM
 
Location: Where it's cold in winter.
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Is this another poster's failed attempt at humor?
No, that was a serious question.
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Old 12-21-2013, 04:53 PM
 
Location: Where it's cold in winter.
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Were you born yesterday? If you want to go to the roots of this issue, you need to go back a few decades.

BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com: How Ronald Reagan Unwittingly Laid the Groundwork for the Death of Capitalism
From a progressive blog, of course. Not to be trusted. Propaganda.
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Old 12-21-2013, 04:54 PM
 
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Outvote for who ?
Those running for office are backed by the rich.
It costs tens of millions to "buy an elected seat" in government these days.

You get to vote but you don't get to pick the names on the ballots.
So nothing will happen.

You'll always vote for those that got "selected" to be put on those ballots.
Worth repeating Texan.


The illusion is we have a free and fair democratic process.

We Don't!

It is a fascist oligarch
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Old 12-21-2013, 04:55 PM
 
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Is this another of Elizabeth Warren's attempts to appear intelligent?
LOL... Elizabeth Warren could no more be mistaken for intelligent, than I could for Adam Levine.
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Old 12-21-2013, 05:39 PM
 
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Heard them perform at Chicago Stadium in '79.
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Old 12-21-2013, 05:41 PM
 
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The government doesn't need to try and control the middle class, what it needs to do is stop taxing us to death. Add up what a hard working middle class taxpayer pays in combined taxes -- payroll tax, social security tax, sales tax, medicare taxes, state and local tax, gasoline tax, vehicle registration, property tax, school and county hospital taxes ---- it's way beyond absurd.
Right! Less taxes is the fastest and strongest way to help augment and support the middle class.
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Old 12-21-2013, 05:43 PM
 
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Define, "secure middle class," please.

You speak in platitudes, like the rest of the Leftists. Words and phrases strung together so as to sound like they mean something. And all the sycophants say, "Wow. How profound."
With out a strong, large and secure middle class we go to second world status.
BRIC-U! <LOL>
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Old 12-21-2013, 05:50 PM
 
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With out a strong, large and secure middle class we go to second world status.
BRIC-U! <LOL>
How does the middle class get to be "middle class"? How does it maintain that status? What separates it from "rich" and from "poor"?
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