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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 10:47 PM Original message |
A Trillion Dollars a Year to the Richest 1%: They didn't work harder than the rest of us. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bush reduced taxes on capital gains from 20 to 15%, along with the |
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Towlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. The problem is money = power. If we could only separate the two we'd have a fair and just society. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No. We, the people, who generate their profits have all the power n/t |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. But you see, that's how they do it. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. They have hardly ever 'worked' at all compared to most people I've ever met. |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. I saw a claim recently |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. k&r |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. ++++++++++50 K |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. kr |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sanity for the good of the Nation is dramatic tax policies to return |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Bottom line is: If the Poor and the Middle Class can't input money to... |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
12. Marginal tax rates for people that earn more than $375,000 |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The real tax rates for the ultra rich are lower than tax rates for most working class people. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. K&Rnt |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. 1% is way too large |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. George Carlin was right. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Treasury Department should make these numbers accessible. |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. You are right. They didn't work harder. They worked smarter. |
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