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HughBeaumont

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1. "The politics of envy" is something a RWNJ says.

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 01:58 PM

Mar 2014

"You're just jealous" is a fourth-grader burn.

There are very damaging long term economic problems that result from years of wage suppression combined with policies that favor a Plutonomy; lost productivity, weakened demand and crumbling infrastructure being a few of them. That a supposedly serious economist chooses to be willfully obtuse about these problems doesn't speak much for his credibility.

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In Case You Missed This... Sigh... [View all] WillyT Mar 2014 OP

"The politics of envy" is something a RWNJ says. HughBeaumont Mar 2014 #1

Frankly, I don't believe most of what politico writes. sinkingfeeling Mar 2014 #2

Well... Those Are Direct Quotes... WillyT Mar 2014 #11

Fuck "The Democratic Power Elite..." polichick Mar 2014 #3

No... To Light... WillyT Mar 2014 #12

Politico mega-bullshit BeyondGeography Mar 2014 #4

I Didn't Say Those Things... But They Are Direct Quotes... WillyT Mar 2014 #13

larry is a putz. pansypoo53219 Mar 2014 #5

And Jim Himes... WillyT Mar 2014 #6

Well, one part of what he said is true LondonReign2 Mar 2014 #7

Jim Hines can bite me, and the rest of the Elizabeth Warren Wing of the Democratic Party. Scuba Mar 2014 #8

There's Larry "Infinite Growth fixes Inequalities" Summers Junkdrawer Mar 2014 #9

Maybe the Democrats should adopt a slogan: "The Audacity of Trickle Down" Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #10

It Seems To Be Moving It That Direction... WillyT Mar 2014 #15

Yes, MSM, always seek the opinions of those who got everything WRONG WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #14