I tell Right Wingers that Reagan believed in VOLUNTARY wealth redistribution.... (Reply #40)

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Sat Jan 18, 2014, 02:55 PM

Spitfire of ATJ (32,723 posts)

40. I tell Right Wingers that Reagan believed in VOLUNTARY wealth redistribution....

That was the entire concept behind "trickle down". That money was supposed to go into PAYROLL.

Then I tell them the rich BETRAYED Reagan and kept the money for themselves.

Gotz to use simple words for simple minds.

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Stripping away the distracting BS, this is what it all boils down to. (In my opinion.) [View all]	Armstead	Jan 2014	OP
minority of poor?	PowerToThePeople	Jan 2014	#1
I think the majority are in the middle.	redqueen	Jan 2014	#7
Bell curve?	PowerToThePeople	Jan 2014	#9
I don't see an image.	redqueen	Jan 2014	#10
hmmm.	PowerToThePeople	Jan 2014	#12
Aha. Thanks.	redqueen	Jan 2014	#26
Very good observation!	JusticeForAll	Jan 2014	#20
The RW tells them they too can be rich so support the interests of the rich	Armstead	Jan 2014	#14
Yep, exactly.	redqueen	Jan 2014	#30
Yeah, you have no idea how many conservatives I've talked to that were barely getting by who	Rozlee	Jan 2014	#44
But if you THINK you're wealthy, does it really matter if you're not??	7962	Jan 2014	#46
This message was self-deleted by its author	El_Johns	Jan 2014	#28
There is still a middle class -- but its getting smaller	Armstead	Jan 2014	#13
The middle class is 1/3 of the population.	airplaneman	Jan 2014	#45
The point is the same -- It Sucks	Armstead	Jan 2014	#49
inequality….	handmade34	Jan 2014	#48
Pretty f'ing frightening	Armstead	Jan 2014	#50
Worse, the effective media propaganda campaign has	Warren Stupidity	Jan 2014	#2
Yep. Convince people that being poor is shameful, and it means you're bad.	redqueen	Jan 2014	#8
yep. That is a huge part of the problem	Armstead	Jan 2014	#16
"we ... support a set of values"	frazzled	Jan 2014	#3
We all need some glitzy distraction...but it has gotten way out of whack	Armstead	Jan 2014	#17
You have captured my feeling exactly	BrotherIvan	Jan 2014	#24
Yeah, even education has become about making money	frazzled	Jan 2014	#36
Wow, I wish we could have this discussion over coffee or drinks!	BrotherIvan	Jan 2014	#57
I opt for drinks!	frazzled	Jan 2014	#60
Me too!	BrotherIvan	Jan 2014	#62
Your post articulates the way I've always felt.....	llmart	Jan 2014	#42
I will check out that book	BrotherIvan	Jan 2014	#58
I agree that sometimes it takes a tragedy to wake some people up......	llmart	Jan 2014	#71
Hey, this guy is a commie! ^^	Cirque du So-What	Jan 2014	#4
The "natural order of things"!	bigmonkey	Jan 2014	#5
That's why I used it	Cirque du So-What	Jan 2014	#6
I think it works the other way too, actually.	bigmonkey	Jan 2014	#11
Speaking of bad Economics classes...	Cirque du So-What	Jan 2014	#19
That's actually a pretty good label for what we have today -- Sociopathic Capitalism	Armstead	Jan 2014	#25
Yes Conmrade	Armstead	Jan 2014	#23
"But we don't bother to even really try."	ChisolmTrailDem	Jan 2014	#15
I'm going to disagree on that one.	davidthegnome	Jan 2014	#22
We're cowards because we allowed it to come to this	Armstead	Jan 2014	#27
I'm sorry to be rude and jump in, but I disagree with that idea	BrotherIvan	Jan 2014	#35
good post	Armstead	Jan 2014	#37
It's not rude to say what you think.	davidthegnome	Jan 2014	#43
I absolutely hear what you are saying	BrotherIvan	Jan 2014	#67
Not long ago...	davidthegnome	Jan 2014	#70
Damn, I've had the same dreams	BrotherIvan	Jan 2014	#72
Don't forget one big part of the Gilded Age of the late 1800's...	Wounded Bear	Jan 2014	#18
I question whether a truly 'liberal media' ever existed	Cirque du So-What	Jan 2014	#21
It's always been a mixed bag	Armstead	Jan 2014	#29
The whole concept of a 'liberal media' is just the RWers working the refs...	Wounded Bear	Jan 2014	#31
Certainly, but also remember the biggest part of all was played in DC. With very few exceptions,	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2014	#61
Who Stole The American Dream	cantbeserious	Jan 2014	#32
Republicans do what Jesus tells them, and RW media and the pastors they own	valerief	Jan 2014	#33
That's one of the big mistakes liberals made	Armstead	Jan 2014	#38
Pro-wealth, pro-establishment conservatives ...	dawg	Jan 2014	#54
les mise'rables	heaven05	Jan 2014	#34
Yeah but don't you realize Christie closed a bridge?	SHRED	Jan 2014	#39
I tell Right Wingers that Reagan believed in VOLUNTARY wealth redistribution....	Spitfire of ATJ	Jan 2014	#40
Yeah. It sure didn't go into payroll.	Enthusiast	Mar 2015	#75
I like to tell people to picture the guy busting his ass getting his boss a bunch of new business...	Spitfire of ATJ	Mar 2015	#77
That is not an entirely inaccurate picture.	Enthusiast	Mar 2015	#78
"Shark Tank" has got people all over America saying, "Why don't YOU do that???"...	Spitfire of ATJ	Mar 2015	#79
"as a nation we either passively accept or actively support a set of values and policies that are	abelenkpe	Jan 2014	#41
watched "Wolf of Wall Street" last night.	mountain grammy	Jan 2014	#47
Distractions	gulliver	Jan 2014	#51
I'm a little confused by your response	Armstead	Jan 2014	#64
It's a tough issue.	gulliver	Jan 2014	#68
gotta paint the 2% as the REAL takers. the vampire squids.	pansypoo53219	Jan 2014	#52
Very thoughtful.	kentuck	Jan 2014	#53
Hi Kentuck	Armstead	Jan 2014	#65
Free trade and improved automation make labor less valuable.	dawg	Jan 2014	#55
EXACTLY !!! - K & R !!!	WillyT	Jan 2014	#56
No McKinley or Roosevelt on the horizon. All effective opposition has been swept away,	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2014	#59
Yes, the lack of awareness and concern is baffling	Armstead	Jan 2014	#66
Unfortunately, I came to the same conclusion.	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2014	#73
I guess one could try and live as simply as possible, but	Armstead	Jan 2014	#74
Humans are not rational animals so much as they are animals that rationalize n/t	Fumesucker	Jan 2014	#63
In the Socialist Progressive Group	TBF	Jan 2014	#69
I'll tip, but I won't say 'all'.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Mar 2015	#76

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