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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 09:07 AM
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Fox News on "high acheivers" and open class warfare (with a unique history lesson)
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Neal Boortz leads off
http://www.newshounds.us/2007/01/08/fox_redefines_the_very_very_rich_theyre_high_achievers.php#more
According to Boortz, uneducated, ignorant people like you and me and all of us just don't appreciate how special rich people are:

Democrats manage to still get mileage with the fair-share line because people just aren't educated. They don't understand the burden that the high achievers in this country already pay.

Again, according to Fox, "Dems" are the ones waging a class war and if you "just aren't educated" you just might believe it.



Video seems to be locking up on this one
http://www.newshounds.us/2007/01/08/democrats_friends_or_foes_of_the_middle_class.php#more

JONATHAN HOENIG, hedge fund manager, CapitalistPig.com: "I think that to the extent that preference any group - middle class, blacks, hispanics, women - I think they're enemies to us all. I mean, this country was founded on the principle of equal treatment for all. The government's role is to protect each of our individual rights. Doesn't matter what group we belong to. And I'm sorry. I don't care if you're poor and work at Wal-Mart. You have no more or less rights than a rich hedge fund manager. That includes not having the right to health care, education or whatever entitlement Nancy Pelosi wants to dream up."

CHARLES PAYNE, WStreet.com: "Well, listen. Here's the deal. Ever since the French revolution, the western governments have had trouble appeasing the middle class, you know. And the Democrats, I think, are really playing up this politics of envy, sort of to Jonathan's point and it's really dangerous. First of all, it's divisive. But, it's actually dangerous to say we're going to go after one class of people because they're successful and try to reward other classes of people because they're not successful."



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