Bill Maher said it best

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  1. E_Pluribus_Venom

    E_Pluribus_Venom Well-Known Member

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    For that, I apologize.
     
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    Foolardi Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It went hand-in-hand with the entire Obama Class Warfare argument.
    Obama tried to deny he was all about Class Warfare and it didn't flush.
    Not even his toady base was buyin'.Of course Obama was actively and
    richly engaged in Class Warfare divide.Don't forget right around the time
    before the Presidential Debates,a Joe the Plumber.Joe asked Obama in
    Ohio about Wealth redistribution.Joe was rather concerned about a President
    who might engage in wealth redistribution.Man,did that Joe ever strike
    a nerve.That went directly to the core of what Obama was all about.
    A Redistribution of wealth.That was what Obama meant but never had the
    guts to come out and say when he meant a " Fundemental Transformation "
    in America.That scenario has played out according to script as if
    written by George Bernard Shaw himself.
    N'cest pas ?
     
  3. E_Pluribus_Venom

    E_Pluribus_Venom Well-Known Member

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    I wouldn't say that... and the Maher comment regarding ground breaking ideas has nothing to do with tax reform.
     
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    Foolardi Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    What Maher said is just another version of what Elizabeth Warren
    claimed.That no one in this Country ever got rich on their own.
    Which at best is pure adulterated poppycock.
    Just try and convince History that Andrew Carnegie or even
    Booker T. Washington weren't literally self-made men.
    This is a liberal assualt on the aspirations of reaching for the
    American Dream.Democrats really don't want their flock to be
    independent of their help for a job or success.Democrats have a
    fine record of controlling the black culture thru welfare or freebies
    or even affirmative action.Not individual merit or hard work.Just
    having Democrats take up for them in lieu of votes.
    Maher said what he did as a Direct affirmation of what Elizabeth Warren
    just got thru lecturing in Boston.It was an Obama addendum to why
    class warfare is important to Democrats.Democrats desperately have to keep
    their flock in line and beholdin' to their suspect good graces.
     
  5. E_Pluribus_Venom

    E_Pluribus_Venom Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, he didn't say anything close to that lol. I'm going to go now.
     
  6. countryboy

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    She didn't repeat what a woman told her, she relayed it. There's a difference.

    Thanks for debunking your own silly accusation.
     
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    Statistically speaking his point is valid, even though he is just another over confident attention whore from either party of extremes with strong media connections.
     
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    Where is the data to show the moron is statistically correct?
     
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    However, it is quite common to go from rags to middle class.
     
  10. Phoebe Bump

    Phoebe Bump New Member

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    Which one requires being a chump?

    Let's face it, shall we? There is less chance for upward mobility in this country today than there was in merry old England during Dicken's time. Despite the constant sloganeering coming from the legacy kids.
     
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    She gave it creedance by repeating it.
    That is part of why she has slipped to the bottom of the polls. She has embarrassed herself, AGAIN!
     
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    Would you believe it if it was presented to you under scientific terms? Obviously not since you have ignored the obvious already. You do understand how odds work right?
     
     
     
    The odds of obtaining status in the top 2 percent of the richest people in existence, drastically decreases the farther away one resides away from those percentage points.
     
     
    IOW Mr. Doubtful if you are born in the top 10% the odds of making it to the upper elite status is much better than if you are born in the ditch of poverty. This is exactly what he was saying. Even the fastest horse in a race doesn't automatically make them the winner, but the odds are definitely in their favor.
     
     
    Just like the lottery, you can't win if you don't play, but that doesn't mean the odds are not stacked against those at the bottom from the beginning. There are no guarantees, no magic combination, or secret handshake to change the reality of the situation. You work for what you have and be grateful for where the effort takes you. Otherwise you and the people you care for around you will be miserable.
     

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