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closeupready

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9. Tariffs and higher taxes on the 1%. Not rocket science.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 11:59 AM

Feb 2014

But of course, this would have a great impact on people like Feinstein, Clinton, Kerry, and many other Democrat gazillionaires, so these won't happen. Instead, they will seek to expand job-destroying trade pacts and reduce SS benefits, medicare coverage, etc. - if the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute push it, they will pass it.

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The Middle Class Is Steadily Eroding. Just Ask the Business World. [View all] n2doc Feb 2014 OP

There has never been a better time to be 1% in America. jsr Feb 2014 #1

And "their" future..... daleanime Feb 2014 #3

I always wonder what will happen to the narrow group of moneyed elites .. ananda Feb 2014 #2

They are separating themselves n2doc Feb 2014 #4

They also have great protection jsr Feb 2014 #5

We can all work for pennies building yachts for our masters. Scuba Feb 2014 #6

"We"? You're being optimistic about who'd do the building... JHB Feb 2014 #12

Most of the money the 1% make comes from moving pieces of paper around egold2604 Feb 2014 #7

Exactly. And What Did Spain Do with All that Money? Wolf Frankula Feb 2014 #13

Sometimes I think the whole United States deserves to go to hell Armstead Feb 2014 #8

We're Already There cer7711 Feb 2014 #10

Tariffs and higher taxes on the 1%. Not rocket science. closeupready Feb 2014 #9

Higher taxes, repeal Taft-Harley to strengthen unions, fund the safety net, regulate corporations. pampango Feb 2014 #11

No, that's not true. The middle class is long gone already. tclambert Feb 2014 #14

"Eroding" makes it sound like a natural process. woo me with science Feb 2014 #15

Having notices Obama's shift since being a Senator or from his prez campaign mindwalker_i Feb 2014 #16

These guys think in quarterly profit statements. toby jo Feb 2014 #17