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kpete

(71,986 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 08:05 PM Jan 2012

Class Warfare, Not Just for Republicans Anymore--That’s enough to make Mittens cry.



by John Cole

Interesting:

The Occupy Wall Street movement no longer occupies Wall Street, but the issue of class conflict has captured a growing share of the national consciousness. A new Pew Research Center survey of 2,048 adults finds that about two-thirds of the public (66%) believes there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between the rich and the poor—an increase of 19 percentage points since 2009.
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/01/11/rising-share-of-americans-see-conflict-between-rich-and-poor/

Not only have perceptions of class conflict grown more prevalent; so, too, has the belief that these disputes are intense. According to the new survey, three-in-ten Americans (30%) say there are “very strong conflicts” between poor people and rich people. That is double the proportion that offered a similar view in July 2009 and the largest share expressing this opinion since the question was first asked in 1987.



http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/01/11/class-warfare-not-just-for-republicans-anymore/
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Class Warfare, Not Just for Republicans Anymore--That’s enough to make Mittens cry. (Original Post) kpete Jan 2012 OP
It has become the very air we breathe.. annabanana Jan 2012 #1

annabanana

(52,791 posts)
1. It has become the very air we breathe..
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 08:13 PM
Jan 2012

Saw an Ad for some reality show "Swamp Thing" or something

"We don't get no bail-outs.. except with a bucket over the side"

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