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In reply to the discussion: So proud of this response to a Romney supporting friend of mine.... [View all]kag
(4,078 posts)40. renie, would you mind if I post some of this to my Facebook page?
I have a bunch of right-wing "friends" (even had to de-friend one of them once for being just too bat-shit crazy for me). This is the first thing I've read that doesn't push hot-buttons or just piss them off in the first sentence (which I am guilty of occasionally .
I'll take your friend's name out.
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I read a historian did a survey of Rome to calculate the wealth gap because it was a major
roguevalley
Aug 2012
#50
I heard it on NPR the other day about technological advances and it struck me that it
renie408
Aug 2012
#5
Just out of curiosity, what is his argument for the GOP? Does he actually believe in
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#14
Your friend sounds like someone who has to work for a living and whom the
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#21
How quickly this scenario will play out if Rmoney and repigs get elected this round
nightscanner59
Aug 2012
#20
Growing richer simply for having wealth, without actually producing or providing any thing, is...
NYC_SKP
Aug 2012
#26
love it... things need to be explained gently and in simple terms for our right sided friends....
trailmonkee
Aug 2012
#27
I like this very much, because you are explaining something that a lot of people don't understand.
patrice
Aug 2012
#51
It is a lot more than 2.7% if you go back to 1980 when things started getting out of whack
indie9197
Aug 2012
#53
An exception to the rule. It's good that at least some of them are rational n/t
eridani
Aug 2012
#65