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Irish_Dem

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9. My theory: this is why the US govt keeps funding Mars and the Moon missions.

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:09 PM

Dec 2017

Even though we desperately need that money for domestic issues.
The rich are getting their escape pods ready for when they have totally trashed this planet.
And why they need trillions of dollars.

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Kansas is not the best model for what is about to happen to the US [View all] jmowreader Dec 2017 OP

Yep, that's always been the plan. AJT Dec 2017 #1

And that turned out SO well. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #2

Rich folks will be adding more panic rooms. sarcasmo Dec 2017 #3

Once the rich fleece an entire country, I think they leave and go to greener Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #4

New Zealand sarcasmo Dec 2017 #7

Yes. That would work. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #8

That might have worked 50 years ago jmowreader Dec 2017 #5

My theory: this is why the US govt keeps funding Mars and the Moon missions. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #9

This has crossed my mind before... aka-chmeee Dec 2017 #13

I thought I was the only one wondering about this idea. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #14

The Gilded Age of the Robber Barons has returned....... ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2017 #6

Like Putin did to Russia. The Chinese people now have a higher standard of living than the Russians. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #10

I agree and Jspur Dec 2017 #15

I'm fed up with the middle class getting screwed over. I'm going to get rich. Tomorrow. Somehow. nt Binkie The Clown Dec 2017 #11

the rich screwed the middle class big time bdamomma Dec 2017 #12