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skip fox

(19,357 posts)
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 09:17 AM Aug 2013

"I might be wrong but who cares?" . . . Please come CAPTION John Stossel!!!



John ("Responsibility is for suckers!&quot Stossel just got done saying: "The fact is, Laura, women want to take easier jobs. . . Their hearts just aren't into the capitalist work ethic. . . . Or they just want to be mommies. . . . How do they expect to get paid as much as men when they aren't willing to contribute to society? . . . Only liberal social-justice types would even think of such a thing!"
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HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
1. Stossel recently posted, on his site, a Thomas Sowell link from 2001 . . .
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 09:44 AM
Aug 2013

. . . defending Reaganomics and decrying the phrase "Trickle Down" by saying "supply side helps the workers first and foremost". Four or five FB friends reposted it, of course.

Note that the article was from 2001 . .. you know, before the twin-recession Bewsh debacle killed America thanks to . . . . anyone? Anyone? Oh yes, SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMICS.

skip fox

(19,357 posts)
2. Greta is saying, "But I'm not a typical woman. . . . I can outwork several of them. . . .
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 10:22 AM
Aug 2013

Why should I worry about women's pay or so-call inequality? . . . It makes no sense."

JHB

(37,158 posts)
3. "Talking about the 'magic of the free market pays a hell of a lot better...
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 10:25 AM
Aug 2013

...than talking about the price of peas at the supermarket. And don't even get me started about interviewing "pro" wrestlers..."

skip fox

(19,357 posts)
6. His answer, then as now: Run away.
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 12:31 PM
Aug 2013

Run away from responsibility.
Run away from common sense.
Run away from empathy.
Run away from objectivity.
Run, run, run,
and just keep running.

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