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isn't so bad. Just needs a little work.
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just needs the right political party in charge.
11.11%
3 11.11%
does enough good to overlook the bad.
3.70%
1 3.70%
is a completely corrupt regime in need of overthrowing.
33.33%
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sucks.
40.74%
11 40.74%
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The Almighty US Government
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RE: The Almighty US Government
Quote:Soros isn't some anomaly as you suggest.

Thank goodness.


But maybe it is just enlightened self-interest?


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/27...n-the-pipe

Quote:Multi-millionaire Nick Hanauer is no dummy. He sees the writing on the wall.

I'd strongly suggest you read this entire piece titled "The pitchforks are coming . . . for us Plutocrats"

And what do I see in our future now?

I see pitchforks.

At the same time that people like you and me are thriving beyond the dreams of any plutocrats in history, the rest of the country—the 99.99 percent—is lagging far behind. The divide between the haves and have-nots is getting worse really, really fast. In 1980, the top 1 percent controlled about 8 percent of U.S. national income. The bottom 50 percent shared about 18 percent. Today the top 1 percent share about 20 percent; the bottom 50 percent, just 12 percent.

But the problem isn’t that we have inequality. Some inequality is intrinsic to any high-functioning capitalist economy. The problem is that inequality is at historically high levels and getting worse every day. Our country is rapidly becoming less a capitalist society and more a feudal society. Unless our policies change dramatically, the middle class will disappear, and we will be back to late 18th-century France. Before the revolution.

And so I have a message for my fellow filthy rich, for all of us who live in our gated bubble worlds: Wake up, people. It won’t last.
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The Almighty US Government - by Cinjin - June 25, 2014 at 9:05 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Napoléon - June 25, 2014 at 9:14 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by BlackSwordsman - June 25, 2014 at 11:39 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Minimalist - June 25, 2014 at 11:48 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by vorlon13 - June 25, 2014 at 11:52 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Minimalist - June 25, 2014 at 11:57 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by vorlon13 - June 26, 2014 at 12:00 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Minimalist - June 26, 2014 at 12:02 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Mudhammam - June 26, 2014 at 12:20 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Napoléon - June 26, 2014 at 7:13 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Whateverist - June 26, 2014 at 10:19 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by JuliaL - June 26, 2014 at 2:43 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Heywood - June 26, 2014 at 10:08 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by vorlon13 - June 26, 2014 at 10:15 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Heywood - June 26, 2014 at 11:13 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by KUSA - June 26, 2014 at 12:32 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Isun - June 26, 2014 at 3:21 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Cinjin - June 26, 2014 at 7:49 pm
Re: RE: The Almighty US Government - by KUSA - June 26, 2014 at 7:31 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Isun - June 26, 2014 at 8:18 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Cinjin - June 26, 2014 at 10:48 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by DeistPaladin - June 26, 2014 at 11:01 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Cinjin - June 26, 2014 at 11:06 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Ravenshire - June 26, 2014 at 11:23 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Heywood - June 27, 2014 at 10:20 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by DeistPaladin - June 27, 2014 at 10:43 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Heywood - June 27, 2014 at 11:53 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by DeistPaladin - June 27, 2014 at 12:00 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Heywood - June 27, 2014 at 12:06 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Heywood - June 27, 2014 at 12:36 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by DeistPaladin - June 27, 2014 at 2:12 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Heywood - June 27, 2014 at 2:54 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by DeistPaladin - June 27, 2014 at 3:30 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Heywood - June 27, 2014 at 6:39 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by DeistPaladin - June 27, 2014 at 7:29 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Heywood - June 27, 2014 at 8:30 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by DeistPaladin - June 27, 2014 at 8:45 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Heywood - June 27, 2014 at 8:51 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by DeistPaladin - June 27, 2014 at 9:11 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Mudhammam - June 27, 2014 at 12:31 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Minimalist - June 27, 2014 at 12:14 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Crossless1 - June 27, 2014 at 12:23 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Crossless1 - June 27, 2014 at 2:21 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Minimalist - June 27, 2014 at 7:47 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Cinjin - June 28, 2014 at 3:55 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Heywood - July 1, 2014 at 10:27 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Cato - July 1, 2014 at 11:01 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by DeistPaladin - July 1, 2014 at 11:02 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Minimalist - June 28, 2014 at 4:22 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Cinjin - June 29, 2014 at 3:12 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by The Grand Nudger - June 28, 2014 at 5:50 pm
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Cinjin - June 29, 2014 at 3:10 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by The Grand Nudger - June 29, 2014 at 3:22 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by Cinjin - June 29, 2014 at 3:40 am
RE: The Almighty US Government - by The Grand Nudger - June 30, 2014 at 3:18 am

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