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In reply to the discussion: 80 percent of U.S. adults face near-poverty, unemployment, survey finds [View all]KansDem
(28,498 posts)13. "...the 'haves' are out of touch"
Reminds me of Bush the Elder and his trip to the supermarket in 1992--
Then he grabbed a quart of milk, a light bulb and a bag of candy and ran them over an electronic scanner. The look of wonder flickered across his face again as he saw the item and price registered on the cash register screen.
"This is for checking out?" asked Mr. Bush. "I just took a tour through the exhibits here," he told the grocers later. "Amazed by some of the technology."
Marlin Fitzwater, the White House spokesman, assured reporters that he had seen the President in a grocery store. A year or so ago. In Kennebunkport.
Some grocery stores began using electornic scanners as early as 1976, and the devices have been in general use in American supermarkets for a decade.
"This is for checking out?" asked Mr. Bush. "I just took a tour through the exhibits here," he told the grocers later. "Amazed by some of the technology."
Marlin Fitzwater, the White House spokesman, assured reporters that he had seen the President in a grocery store. A year or so ago. In Kennebunkport.
Some grocery stores began using electornic scanners as early as 1976, and the devices have been in general use in American supermarkets for a decade.
Then there's this--
He pounded a lectern and raised his voice. He accused "professional pessimists" in Congress of conducting class warfare by criticizing some of his programs as favoring the wealthy. He talked sarcastically about advisers who urged him to get "the right political ring" into his oratory and his policy proposals. And he told jokes.
Bush Encounters the Supermarket, Amazed
That was 22 years ago. It hasn't changed much...
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80 percent of U.S. adults face near-poverty, unemployment, survey finds [View all]
kpete
Mar 2014
OP
Yes, I think that is kind of how we got to where we are at. If more people had understood what the
jwirr
Mar 2014
#3
Why are we talking about anything else either here on DU, ior in the White House and Congress?
hedgehog
Mar 2014
#6
K&R. I see it all around me ... and I was, at one time, solidly "middle-class".
SaveOurDemocracy
Mar 2014
#8
I still believe that the biggest part of the problem is that the "haves" are out of touch
Dustlawyer
Mar 2014
#11
Hey, those tax havens are there for the poor to use as well as the rich.
Jackpine Radical
Mar 2014
#17
Reaganomics has succeeded as planned . 3rd world yes . Now the poor will put Rethuglicons back in .
geretogo
Mar 2014
#22