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Farmer-Rick

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40. Why save it?

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 10:04 PM

Nov 2017

We could start something new.

Surely every economic system imaginable has Not been tried. I find it hard to believe we can't find a better system.

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For the overly wealthy, it's not just about having more -- it's about making you have less. [View all] byronius Nov 2017 OP

wealth is poison, power is poison - put them together and, well.... NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #1

Vast wealth allows them to change laws to make whatever they do legal, Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2017 #2

excellent assessment... handmade34 Nov 2017 #3

Laughable nt Dreamer Tatum Nov 2017 #4

The wealthy make the laws. How do we get around that? nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #5

Your typical Trumpophiles on the street sees this as a good thing. world wide wally Nov 2017 #6

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A system that lavishly rewards sadistic behavior moondust Nov 2017 #7

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I agree that the wealthy need to pay more, but Calculating Nov 2017 #8

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My very wealthy brother admits as much. No shame at all. Atman Nov 2017 #12

It's not enough for your brother to win gratuitous Nov 2017 #13

" He has enough money and property to survive anything the economy can throw at him" A HERETIC I AM Nov 2017 #14

"I shouldn't have to pay for anyone else" TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #16

He's said that, too. Atman Nov 2017 #19

Regarding healthcare TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #31

of course the fool ignores DonCoquixote Nov 2017 #28

Bring back the guillotines! smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #15

Don't forget the rotisseries, knives and forks n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #17

Soros, Gates, Buffet, and many others might dispute this Steven Maurer Nov 2017 #18

Their "more" comes from somewhere. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #20

There is some saying that says, BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #21

Cats must also fail ThoughtCriminal Nov 2017 #22

Hilarious! Poiuyt Nov 2017 #26

Your title is the most concise definition I have ever seen trixie2 Nov 2017 #23

The French had a nifty mechanical device to solve this problem dalton99a Nov 2017 #24

Too swift, long cures are better burrowowl Nov 2017 #36

But that is exactly how capitalism is suppose to work Farmer-Rick Nov 2017 #25

I'm perfectly ok with captalism ClarendonDem Nov 2017 #29

Well as long as you understand capitalism is designed to concentrate wealth Farmer-Rick Nov 2017 #39

The problem is that we aren't doing what's needed to save capitalism TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #34

Why save it? Farmer-Rick Nov 2017 #40

Why save it? Because we are the biggest, most powerful nation on the planet TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #43

Feudalism had some big and powerful countries using it too, still has Farmer-Rick Dec 2017 #44

Tax the poor and middle class and redistribute the wealthy to the few. ffr Nov 2017 #27

Who is "overly wealthy" ClarendonDem Nov 2017 #30

I would say anyone who makes more than 10 times the median wage TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #33

You are spot on! logosoco Nov 2017 #32

now they want ALL the pie & we might get a whiff. pansypoo53219 Nov 2017 #35

there are many people who do not fit your mold. How do you explain that? Hamlette Nov 2017 #37

The Medicis. byronius Nov 2017 #38

It is about pubnishing the people who don't vote for them. L. Coyote Nov 2017 #41

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