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Sun Oct-04-09 08:34 PM
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| 51. Is there any evidence that the top 1 percent have more wealth than the bottom 95%? |
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Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 08:45 PM by mistertrickster
What I've seen shows the bottom 95 percent have twice as much wealth as the top 1 percent. ON EDIT-- Okay, Moore seems to be right: http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/2010/fortune.ht... Since the 1970s, the top 1 percent of households have doubled their share of the national wealth at the expense of everyone else. Using data from the Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, economist Edward Wolff of New York University says that the top 1 percent had 40 percent of the nation’s household wealth as of 1997. The top 1 percent of households have more wealth than the entire bottom 95 percent. |
| -Michael Moore: For Those of You on Your Way to Church This Morning... |
deminks |
Oct-04-09 06:01 AM |
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"Would Jesus be a capitalist?" Would he belong to a hedge fund? Would he sell short? |
Fumesucker |
Oct-04-09 06:05 AM |
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"Bill Maherists" |
mmonk |
Oct-04-09 06:19 AM |
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None dare call him Messiah! |
POAS |
Oct-04-09 06:50 AM |
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Lol. No. |
mmonk |
Oct-04-09 06:54 AM |
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If you mean Moore's comment I agree... |
POAS |
Oct-04-09 07:37 AM |
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yep. |
mmonk |
Oct-04-09 08:32 AM |
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Bill Maherasochists. |
omega minimo |
Oct-04-09 11:29 AM |
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K&R |
dccrossman |
Oct-04-09 06:41 AM |
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Trust me; the comeback is always, "I give PLENTY to charity!" They skipped Dickens in school. |
WinkyDink |
Oct-04-09 06:42 AM |
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I rather think they view |
POAS |
Oct-04-09 06:53 AM |
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I think you are right....n/t |
zeemike |
Oct-04-09 07:44 PM |
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Think you are right! "How to" writings . . . . !! |
defendandprotect |
Oct-04-09 11:14 PM |
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Soon, every corner of America will have the feel of a Dickens novel. |
mmonk |
Oct-04-09 07:03 AM |
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Well Said...very well said... |
taggline |
Oct-04-09 09:47 PM |
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Oh did you hit a nail on the head with that remark! That is what my Repub Sister told my chronically |
1776Forever |
Oct-04-09 07:52 AM |
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HA!! Will they be in for a surprise. n/t |
Fire1 |
Oct-04-09 07:18 PM |
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Yeah, they fill up the collection plates and call that charity. |
Mariana |
Oct-05-09 07:22 AM |
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Charity isn't charity when it comes with a healthy dose of indoctrination |
Stevenmarc |
Oct-05-09 09:45 AM |
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K & R |
democracy1st |
Oct-04-09 07:01 AM |
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Would Jesus be in favor of single-payer or private insurance companies? |
Vinca |
Oct-04-09 07:04 AM |
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I think he'd be in favor of faith-healing and anointing with oil. |
laconicsax |
Oct-04-09 08:51 PM |
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Another clandestine advert for his new movie. Look up the business concept "The Relationship Era". |
Deja Q |
Oct-04-09 07:49 AM |
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I don't think Moore has ever been against someone receiving money |
mmonk |
Oct-04-09 08:35 AM |
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your opinion of michael moore is duly noted |
corkhead |
Oct-04-09 08:35 AM |
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Not clandestine. Not purely commercial. He is asking very relevant questions |
Overseas |
Oct-04-09 10:48 AM |
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You are determined to |
Kajsa |
Oct-04-09 10:56 AM |
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What is it to you? |
gleaner |
Oct-04-09 05:20 PM |
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first...in answer to the question : No...capitalism is not a sin |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Oct-04-09 08:42 AM |
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So if an moviemaker has a message... |
ljm2002 |
Oct-04-09 10:17 AM |
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if he hates the system so much he should bow out of it for the sake of his message |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Oct-04-09 10:20 AM |
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How can he bow out of the system? |
Luminous Animal |
Oct-04-09 10:29 AM |
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Moore has the money to produce his own movie |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Oct-04-09 10:36 AM |
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You confuse being a capitalist |
Luminous Animal |
Oct-04-09 11:23 AM |
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20 years aye? |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Oct-04-09 06:09 PM |
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Okay, I see what you're saying... |
ljm2002 |
Oct-04-09 10:43 AM |
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I have no problem with people making a mint either... |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Oct-04-09 11:07 AM |
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Moore is not anti-capitalist. |
MindPilot |
Oct-04-09 11:24 AM |
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He has stated publicly that he doesn't hate capitialism |
WatchWhatISay |
Oct-04-09 06:43 PM |
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That's the thing. You can make money by doing good things. |
The Wielding Truth |
Oct-04-09 07:00 PM |
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I AGREE FOR THE MOST PART.. |
theFrankFactor |
Oct-04-09 10:57 PM |
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Moore pointed out, correctly, that the Constitution says nothing |
JDPriestly |
Oct-05-09 02:59 AM |
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just a clarification...'democracy' is not found anywhere in the Constitution n/t |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Oct-05-09 07:12 AM |
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Wow. Capitalism is not a sin but Moore is a hypocrite for daring to criticize it. |
Overseas |
Oct-04-09 11:01 AM |
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The system that allows him to |
sabrina 1 |
Oct-04-09 02:12 PM |
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You're confusing commerce with capitalism. |
bigmonkey |
Oct-04-09 08:16 PM |
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It's a rigged system . . . it does what it's designed to do -- |
defendandprotect |
Oct-04-09 11:17 PM |
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kick |
xchrom |
Oct-04-09 10:18 AM |
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The wealthy are God's chosen ones over at C Street. |
MindPilot |
Oct-04-09 11:17 AM |
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Isn't Moore in that 1% now? |
Dirtyhairy |
Oct-04-09 11:26 AM |
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Hardly. Welcome to DU. GOODBYE. |
omega minimo |
Oct-04-09 11:27 AM |
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I've never put someone on ignore based on one post. |
MindPilot |
Oct-04-09 11:34 AM |
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He's now on my Buddy List |
Quantess |
Oct-04-09 03:15 PM |
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MY very 1st "ignore" : dirtyharry |
debannbull |
Oct-04-09 03:41 PM |
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Moore isn't even CLOSE to being in the 1% |
Canuckistanian |
Oct-04-09 04:59 PM |
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Math is obviously not your friend |
DatManFromNawlins |
Oct-05-09 02:45 AM |
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Do you have access to his bank account or tax returns |
Maccagirl |
Oct-04-09 07:32 PM |
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Imagine he probably does more good things with it than we'll ever know...owns no stocks . .. |
defendandprotect |
Oct-04-09 10:59 PM |
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I go on to ask, "Would Jesus be a capitalist?" |
MyshkinCommaPrince |
Oct-04-09 01:45 PM |
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I know what you are talking about. |
deminks |
Oct-04-09 03:12 PM |
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A Friedmanite acquaintance referred to the Pope as a "European socialist", |
DailyGrind51 |
Oct-04-09 05:28 PM |
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How much is the Vatican worth? And when did they start giving it away--??? |
defendandprotect |
Oct-04-09 11:07 PM |
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It's been said time and again |
Stumbler |
Oct-04-09 07:52 PM |
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Is there any evidence that the top 1 percent have more wealth than the bottom 95%? |
mistertrickster |
Oct-04-09 08:34 PM |
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My too cents |
BillDU |
Oct-04-09 09:31 PM |
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Capitalism is like nuclear power |
The Green Manalishi |
Oct-04-09 09:39 PM |
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Agreed |
BillDU |
Oct-04-09 10:58 PM |
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lskjkdjkfjajdkkf |
BillDU |
Oct-04-09 11:03 PM |
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and |
BillDU |
Oct-05-09 12:09 AM |
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Nice! |
BobTheSubgenius |
Oct-05-09 12:34 AM |
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Remember, sadly, that those who supported Bush thought he was on their God's side . . .!!! |
defendandprotect |
Oct-04-09 10:58 PM |
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he always talks about the top 1% having more than the 95% below them combined... |
dysfunctional press |
Oct-04-09 11:05 PM |
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He doesn't say that... |
Bjorn Against |
Oct-05-09 12:11 AM |
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michael moore's words- from michael moore's diary: |
dysfunctional press |
Oct-05-09 01:33 AM |
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Well he meant the bottom 95%, which is what he says in the movie |
Bjorn Against |
Oct-05-09 07:42 AM |
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you both misspoke. |
dysfunctional press |
Oct-05-09 07:57 AM |
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Moore really cheapens his argument with this sophistry. |
stopbush |
Oct-04-09 11:58 PM |
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Jesus overturned the tables of the moneychangers in Jerusalem. |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-05-09 01:43 AM |
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Bullshit |
DatManFromNawlins |
Oct-05-09 02:16 AM |
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One Can Make A Case That The Same Thing Happens On Wall Street |
DemocratSinceBirth |
Oct-05-09 05:35 AM |
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LOL! |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-05-09 09:36 AM |
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He also fashioned a whip and beat human beings and animals alike with the same. |
stopbush |
Oct-05-09 12:55 PM |
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Well said. |
ScottLand |
Oct-05-09 05:56 AM |
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They done built themselves a better Jaysus. |
Orsino |
Oct-05-09 07:55 AM |
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While out with a couple of my republican friends |
BoneDaddy |
Oct-05-09 12:58 PM |
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-- |
mdmc |
Oct-08-09 12:52 PM |
#85 |
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