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Old 10-14-2011, 08:45 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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Well he does agree with those kids who have made themselves such useful idiots and that is what they want to see. This lout is not even funny in his idiocy.


Paul Krugman: Occupy Wall Street Protest 'a Wonderful Thing'
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Old 10-14-2011, 08:56 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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This is not a new idea in American History.

Read about Huey Long and his "Share Our Wealth" campaign.
And he amassed a pretty big following at the time..nearly 8 million were behind his plan.

Huey Long - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you just want to read about his plan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_Our_Wealth
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Old 10-14-2011, 08:58 PM
 
Location: Sinking in the Great Salt Lake
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Default Paul Krugman says, Get that wealth redistributed.

I'm waiting for my check Paul... Come on, hurry up and send it!!!!
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Old 10-14-2011, 08:59 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Well he does agree with those kids who have made themselves such useful idiots and that is what they want to see. This lout is not even funny in his idiocy.


Paul Krugman: Occupy Wall Street Protest 'a Wonderful Thing'


Spoken like a true communist!
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Old 10-14-2011, 08:59 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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I'm waiting for my check Paul... Come on, hurry up and send it!!!!
Is Paul going to be the Secretary of the Treasury after Turbo Tim leaves?
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Old 10-14-2011, 09:01 PM
 
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Spoken like a true communist!
I is a communist? I didn't know that and no lefties here believe you.
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Old 10-14-2011, 09:03 PM
 
Location: Sinking in the Great Salt Lake
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Is Paul going to be the Secretary of the Treasury after Turbo Tim leaves?
My vote would go to Master Blaster. I think he lives in Saudi now...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgq4w4dqKsU&feature=results_video&playnext =1&list=PL34DCB17065B9E691
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Old 10-14-2011, 09:05 PM
 
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I think it is odd that liberals want wealth redistribution... except for their wealth... I think it even funnier when the ones who benefit from wealth redistribution are the wealthy liberals whose industry banks on the poor liberals buying more of their stuff... funny... I don't see liberals imposing a "Wealth" tax in which you are tax on what you HAVE rather than what you earn... I guess its difficult for them to earn their wealth, they rather someone steal it so they can have MORE... ironic...
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Old 10-14-2011, 09:24 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Niagara Falls ON.
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The entire term "Redistribution of the wealth" is misleading to the max. In any society outside that of the cave dwellers there is wealth distribution of some sort or another. Without that concept civilization is not possible. Human beings remind me a lot of the way dogs are. Some big and agressive dogs don't believe in sharing and guess what? They get all the goodies and the rest get none. That is a system without any wealth sharing. In the early days of the industrial revolution when wealth distribution was anathema to the owners at the time, the people had nothing. In England at the time when they were by far the richest country in the world they were pulling 3 year olds up and down chimneys to clean out the flues. People started working at 5 years old for crumbs, worked hard all of their lives and died before age 30 worn to the bone. At this same time a man who worked but did not make enough to feed himself was hung if caught stealing a loaf of bread. Anyone who is opposed to a fair sharing of the nations wealth and paying a man properly for his days labour is at the height of selfishness,misery, foolishness, shortsightedness, anti democratic, self serving and just plain old fashioned stupidity.

I can not think of one single society in history that survived for very long when the majority of the people were wage slaves. They either rebelled and killed all owners or the society just disintigrated into anarchy and chaos. For you people out ther who are opposed to "sharing the wealth" get ready because if you won't share it then some one will take it from you.
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Old 10-14-2011, 09:43 PM
 
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lucknow is absolutely right. And for those who are more tuned into the economic argument, consider this: If people don't have any money to spend, guess what? The economy tanks even further. Is that what you want? Our economy depends on consumption. Wealth must be redistributed to a certain extent in order to have a civil society and a healthy market economy.
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