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Originally Posted by dv1033
We got what we voted for? A president center left
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Who's making the rich, even richer, and dramatically increasing the number of people on public assistance. You get what you vote for. Apparently, that's what the majority wanted.
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who the right tried to convince was a communist?
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To be fair, Obama
does espouse failed Marxist ideology... "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need"
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On one hand you complain about Obama being business unfriendly
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That was actually the Business Roundtable who complained.
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on the other you complain that businesses have been too successful at maximizing profits at the expense of labor.
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Profits go to shareholders (largely private and public pension funds, IRAs, 401Ks, etc.), not to the corporations.
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They have no choice but to do that.
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You're right about that, but wrong about the reason why that is. Pension funds and retirement account investment programs have a fiduciary duty to support maximum corporate profits: pension funds and retirement accounts depend on corporate profitability.
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