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In reply to the discussion: Bill Maher Asks: "When did the American dream become this pathway to indentured servitude?" [View all]SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)34. Coronel? and I "is" ? Maher is not usually this sloppy
I think he signed off on it but did not proof it
A well stated point is undermined by stuff like this.
I certainly DO agree that middle class is turning into servitude, but decades of not paying attention to details created the mess.
There is a complacency that accompanies "middle-class-dom". It's the "we-have-arrived-and-now-we-can-relax" syndrome. For movements to prosper, there has to be a conveyor approach, where each one reaches back and pulls the next one on. We stopped doing that (as a society)
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Bill Maher Asks: "When did the American dream become this pathway to indentured servitude?" [View all]
kpete
Oct 2013
OP
You are almost correct. If you have a very low income, you don't even have to file.
JDPriestly
Oct 2013
#40
They want most of us to die already. Starving preferred, as a starving person
LiberalLoner
Oct 2013
#9
They're answer is already being said out there. They claim she has an "entitlement mentality"...
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2013
#20
Bill's great. About 6 months behind Thom Hartmann, but better late than never. nt
navarth
Oct 2013
#31
People are finally realizing that Welfare and Food Stamps are not hand outs to the poor,
tecelote
Oct 2013
#32
Hey Bill. . .it happened January 21st, 1981. Look up what happened that day!
Nanjing to Seoul
Oct 2013
#46