NotesMitt Romney has said, in effect, âIâm rich and I donât apologize for it.â Nobody wants you to, Mitt. What some of us wantâthose who arenât blinded by a lot of bullshit persiflage thrown up to mask the idea that rich folks want to keep their damn moneyâis for you to acknowledge that you couldnât have made it in America without America.FeedUnfurl
NotesTheyâre fighting you, winning big-time, and youâre the loser. Itâs just one generation since conservatives put Reagan in office: In those three short decades the income and wealth of the top 1% has tripled while the income of the bottom 99% of all Americans has stagnated or dropped.
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Yes, folks, America really is under attack daily. We are fighting on the defense in an historic class warfare. Yes, the Rich Class really did start this war. And yes, they really are winning, big-time. And yes, they are addicted to winning at all costs, to get richer and richer just for the sake of getting richer and richer. Unfurl
Notes"I make a good living, and I suspect that I will end up paying more taxes under Barack Obama than I would have under John McCain. I am delighted to pay those taxes. My father worked his entire life for the federal government. My brother, who has cerebral palsy, lives on Social Security. Much of what I know about the world I learned in public schools and libraries. I cannot possibly repay the government for all they have done for me, but I am happy to do my share."Unfurl
Notes"The narrative about our presidential candidates being just regular folks is a tired myth that gets repeated each and every day. And their efforts to show that they are "just like us" are really pathetic." Nor *should* an "average" American be president.Unfurl
Notes"When it comes to spending money in the pursuit of happiness, the "good life" may be better lived by doing things rather than by having things, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher."Unfurl
Notes"many such accomplished and ambitious members of the digital elite still do not think of themselves as particularly fortunate, in part because they are surrounded by people with more wealth"Unfurl
Notes" common right-wing rejoinder to the leftist claim that the rich don't pay their fair share of taxes is that'The top 1% of earners in this country pay 34% of all taxes.'"Unfurl
