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   Message 826 of 2,612   
   MarkA to Gray Guest   
   Re: #What's so progressive?   
   06 Mar 13 12:29:03   
   
   XPost: alt.society.liberalism, talk.politics.guns, alt.atheism   
   From: someone@somewhere.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:05:44 +0000, Gray Guest wrote:   
      
      
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Does the A stand for asshole?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> No, it stands for "amused", as in "amused that so many non-wealthy   
   >>>>>> Americans think the current capitalist system is serving their   
   >>>>> interests."   
   >>>>>> Buy any lottery tickets lately?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> No, but then my wife and I work in a technical field and make quite a   
   >>> pile   
   >>>>> of money the old fashioned way. We earn it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Very nice.  However, the NEW "American Dream" is to make money by   
   >>>> ripping off people who earn it.  Just ask any of the Wall Street CEOs   
   >>>> who are making multi-million dollar salaries by raiding the pension   
   >>>> funds of hard-working wage earners like you and me.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> So? Advocate ti havbe them killed. I won't stop you.   
   >>>   
   >>> But you won't. Becuase they are paying off your hero.   
   >>>   
   >>> But more to the point, it isn't me doing it yet everyth8ng you propose   
   >>> results in punishment for me and otehr honest hard working people.   
   >>   
   >> How is having a government that serves the needs of 99% instead of 1%   
   >> "punishment"?   
   >   
   > Another clueless moron.   
   >   
   >> Do you actually believe that bullshit about taxes cause   
   >> unemployment?   
   >   
   > Yer a loon.   
   >   
   >> Taxes on business are at an all-time low, yet unemployment   
   >> remains high.   
   >   
   > Yer a liar.   
   >   
   >> The corporations are taking tax deductions for the costs of   
   >> moving their operations to China.   
   >   
   > Yer a propagandist.   
   >   
   >> It's not about "punishing" anyone.  It's about paying for the cost of   
   >> running the country by taxing those most able to afford it.   
   >   
   > Do less, dickead.   
      
   Having an off day, GG?  That's a pretty lame reply, even for you.   
      
   --   
   MarkA   
      
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