tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post4977867422649000134..comments2024-03-06T04:35:38.806-06:00Comments on Disaffected and it Feels So Good: The Republicans want Americans to treat CEOs like the Pope and Corporations like the Catholic ChurchGrung_e_Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-4768989705127702962013-03-20T18:12:07.690-05:002013-03-20T18:12:07.690-05:00Damn Gene,
I thought everyone knew that the only...Damn Gene, <br /><br />I thought everyone knew that the only economic problems in our country are that:<br />- the wealthy do not have enough wealth<br />- there is an unsustainably large middle class that must be reduced<br />- the poor do not pay enough taxes<br /><br />/regretably this snark reflects the views of the 1/10 of 1%ers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-68567712894416026882013-03-14T17:06:05.625-05:002013-03-14T17:06:05.625-05:00"You’ll get more out of me,” the billionaire ..."You’ll get more out of me,” the billionaire Leon Cooperman said, “if you treat me with respect.”<br /><br />Oh Might Job Creator, please make the rains fall and the sun shine for I am only a lowly poor person.<br /><br />The slickest trick pulled over the American people was too convince them that if they were poor or struggling it was due to some flaw on their part.<br /><br />Thus, because we don't believe we are worthy we've a small cadre of Politicos, Bankers and Industrialists to determine the political and economic course of the Nation.<br /><br />And what they believe this arch conservative, ultra right-wing is that any Government involvement, other than blowing up foreign peoples sitting on resources is evil and wrong.<br /><br />Pell Grants? <i>Welfare!</i> Medicaid? <i>Welfare!</i> Social Security? <i>Bankrupt Welfare!</i><br /><br />Taxes? <i>Theft!!!</i> Taxes on Capital Gains? Well, according to the Great Stephen Schwarzman, “It’s like when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.”Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-21536161811731268462013-03-14T12:42:03.734-05:002013-03-14T12:42:03.734-05:00America of the 21st century has returned to the wo...America of the 21st century has returned to the worship of Mammon as it did during the so-called "Golden Age".Syrbal/Labryshttp://www.herlanderwalking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-39454899163622895482013-03-13T22:06:22.713-05:002013-03-13T22:06:22.713-05:00I would love to see Pope Francis and Vice Presiden...I would love to see Pope Francis and Vice President Joe Bidden (our first Catholic VP) debate theology and best practices for ending poverty.Andrew Acistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033321821557878384noreply@blogger.com