OT - The party of the rich is...
On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:06:05 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 04:46:25 -0800 (PST),
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The rich republican supporters that you hear about are the top 5% in income
who coincidently control about 40% of all the wealth in the country....- Hide quoted text -
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Can't have it both ways...
1 - 40% of the wealth is held by less than 1% of the population.
Compared to years past when 70% of the nations wealth was held by .5%
of the population, I'd say that was an improvement.
2 - ALL of the Presidential candidates live in homes that are worth
more than 1.5 million dollars.
3 - 80% of Senators live in homes valued more than 1 million dollars.
4 - 73% of all Representatives live in homes valued more than
$750,000.
Think about that.
Public servants my ass.
Tom, around here, $750 is not an expensive house at all. Last year my hovel
was close to that on Zillow. It's down now, but still...
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John H
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