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geretogo

(1,281 posts)
22. Reaganomics has succeeded as planned . 3rd world yes . Now the poor will put Rethuglicons back in .
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 07:12 PM
Mar 2014
Poverty should never have been an issue of "them." malthaussen Mar 2014 #1
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
Some people lack moral imagination. Lars28 Mar 2014 #12
"The moral blindness to the hard luck of others is a byproduct marions ghost Mar 2014 #29
It's disgusting that 80% of adults can't pull themselves up by their bootstraps Orrex Mar 2014 #2
The scheme to make The Wizard Mar 2014 #4
Republicans must be proud of these numbers. santamargarita Mar 2014 #5
Why are we talking about anything else either here on DU, ior in the White House and Congress? hedgehog Mar 2014 #6
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock... onehandle Mar 2014 #7
Heh. When I saw your subject line I knew what the post would look like Doctor_J Mar 2014 #30
K&R. I see it all around me ... and I was, at one time, solidly "middle-class". SaveOurDemocracy Mar 2014 #8
"at least part of their lives" is key whatthehey Mar 2014 #9
No, the key is to compare this 80% figure with the past Lars28 Mar 2014 #16
The average person will hold 7-10 jobs in their life bhikkhu Mar 2014 #25
this is very close to the rich's goals 2pooped2pop Mar 2014 #10
Absolutely right. FiveGoodMen Mar 2014 #34
I still believe that the biggest part of the problem is that the "haves" are out of touch Dustlawyer Mar 2014 #11
"...the 'haves' are out of touch" KansDem Mar 2014 #13
Snopes debunked that years ago. former9thward Mar 2014 #18
ergo, we must not tax the rich & they must expand their tax havens wordpix Mar 2014 #14
Hey, those tax havens are there for the poor to use as well as the rich. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #17
Our broken student loan and healthcare system doesn't help much :( CFLDem Mar 2014 #15
They've been telling us for 30+ years... sendero Mar 2014 #19
unacceptable frylock Mar 2014 #20
Not exactly Late Breaking news Crabby Appleton Mar 2014 #21
Reaganomics has succeeded as planned . 3rd world yes . Now the poor will put Rethuglicons back in . geretogo Mar 2014 #22
Well, what did they expect, after bailing out the Banksters for $16 Trill. Octafish Mar 2014 #23
Yep marions ghost Mar 2014 #31
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #24
"at some point in their lives". I think that's as it should be, as poverty is a good teacher bhikkhu Mar 2014 #26
I was poor due to health issues Warpy Mar 2014 #27
"poverty is a good teacher" - TBF Mar 2014 #28
K&R DeSwiss Mar 2014 #32
For 80% of American adults to face near-poverty/unemployment is the workings of a virulently indepat Mar 2014 #33
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