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Originally Posted by Seaver
If the Republicans continue on their current track they'll get demolished in 2012. That's being a man who's voted Republican his entire life until the '10 elections and refuses to so so again until they gain control of the crazies again.
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Who and how can "crazies" be controlled?
My belief is that the liberal media gives disproportionate coverage of people on the extreme or they over emphasize one or two more unconventional issues or points of view held by otherwise normal people. For example Gingrich will constantly be reminded of his divorces and affairs - but what does that have to do with anything of importance? I don't care what people do in the privacy of their own bedrooms, who does now days? so, why does the media play these issues up?
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Originally Posted by Derwood
Not when it's at the expensive of the middle class and/or the national debt/deficit.
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The reason there is a middle class is because of the select few in history and currently who can take a concept and turn it into the production of real wealth. Government can not do that.
On a side note, the problem we have is that more and more of the people referenced above are not putting their brain power into the production of real goods and services but are creating wealth through what some consider speculation. For example, wealth can be created through growing a commodity like corn more efficiently than others or a person can create personal wealth simply by buying and sell corn futures. More and more brain power is being used in derivative markets - we need these human resource making real goods or providing real services. The people in DC don't understand why the above is happening and the impact it is having on the middle class.
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The goal should be to grow and support the middle class. Any top-heavy society will crumble.
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I agree. The question is - how? I bet we disagree on that.
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These are good goals, but not achievable when those who were born into wealth use their corporate ties to control Congress. If you think the current 1% of super-rich want more people to join their group you're naive.
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What was Henry Ford's response to your point?
How many millionaires did bill Gates, Microsoft, create?
What about Buffet, a lot of people got rich on his train.
What about the employees of any big profitable corporation using skilled labor, those folks generally retire in a nice situation?
I have interacted with people in the top 1% who got there based on their work, their focus is not what most people expect. If you are talking about "old money", I agree with you.