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Originally Posted by John F. Kerry
to me, this statement makes absolutely no sense, so if you would like to explain it more i would actually be appreciative because i have no idea how you got from a and b to c.
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ok, i'll explain it as plainly as possible.
it takes money to run a country. households need money, cities need money, states need money, federal government needs money. all the money for everything is generated at the lowest level, by workers supporting their household. 90% of our country's financial wealth is sitting in bank accounts or hopping around wall street to support only 20% of our population. the other 80% of us (including you and everyone you know unless you hang around billionaires) scrap by on what's practically nothing by comparison, all while being relentlessly targeted by advertisements and credit offers that suck what little we do get right back into the pockets of these people. how's that for wealth redistribution
and not only that, we also pay the majority of the taxes that make our cities, states and government run. this means that most of the money to run our country -- from schools and fire departments to the war in afghanistan -- comes from our lowest income earners. and (if they even work anymore) they're earning less and less with more and more being taken away from them. if that's not being eaten away from the inside then tell me just what the fuck is
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Originally Posted by John F. Kerry
it just seems that to you liberal people PROGRESS MEANS REDISTRIBUTION....
do u believe that?
how come i have a totally different definiton for it?
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how else would you make our schools, hospitals, airports, parks, highways, electric grid and space program better? or is that not progress to you? honestly it doesn't seem like you think