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kpete

(71,994 posts) Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:41 AM Jun 2012

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The rich are different [View all]

E.J. Dionne Jr.

Forgive me for noting that conservatives seem to believe that the rich will work harder if we give them more, and the poor will work harder if we give them less.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/can-this-campaign-be-constructive/2012/06/03/gJQAB4W7BV_story.html

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The rich are different [View all] kpete Jun 2012 OP

K&R patrice Jun 2012 #1

recommended NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #2

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2012 #3

Seems to be a large view in America liberal N proud Jun 2012 #4

The Wall Street Journal has been screaming it every day for generations... Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #22

Good insight treestar Jun 2012 #5

what would $2 billion buy us handmade34 Jun 2012 #6

The $2B is just corporate welfare, that's the point. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #8

Hence the reason all we see coming out of the Massachusetts race TrollBuster9090 Jun 2012 #10

And why Rmoney and the President are close in the polls, Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #18

So much truth in so few words! longship Jun 2012 #7

The really shocking thing about the modern right wing is that TrollBuster9090 Jun 2012 #9

Excellent observation Populist_Prole Jun 2012 #19

They're teaching that in CHURCHES loudsue Jun 2012 #20

That's the Calvinist tradition in American life davekriss Jun 2012 #23

They don't NEED to hide it anymore, because they tblue37 Jun 2012 #31

absolutely Cosmocat Jun 2012 #32

Spot on. ck4829 Jun 2012 #11

"Can't Strengthen The Weak By Weakening The Strong" - - - HughBeaumont Jun 2012 #12

Yechhh. geardaddy Jun 2012 #16

"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor." Voltaire Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #13

Tierra_y_Libertad Diclotican Jun 2012 #14

The rich ARE different... chervilant Jun 2012 #15

I don't begrudge them their wealth. bvar22 Jun 2012 #17

How rich people think: kpete Jun 2012 #21

That's exactly it! JBoy Jun 2012 #24

I don't think we can be constructive, especially the right. Godot51 Jun 2012 #25

+1000000000000 renate Jun 2012 #26

Time again for a George Carlin quote! dgauss Jun 2012 #27

George Carlin's observed this a while ago... johnnyrocket Jun 2012 #28

Ha! That is so true! I never thought of it that way. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #29

And THAT'S how you do it Scootaloo Jun 2012 #30