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Topic: Obama in Leave it to Beaver
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PixieJane
Knowflake Posts: 1264
From: CA
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted November 27, 2012 11:04 PM
  
This made me laugh so hard I about fell out of my chair and then do some research and find out very little creative license was used to make this (other than O'Reilly's part in it):
http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/tom-the-dancing-bug-bill-o.html   The part that I especially wondered about was the top tax rate being 91% in 1960 and found yep, looks to be true:
http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-tax-rates?op=1 So it was educational and giving perspective as well as hilarious.  IP: Logged |
mockingbird
Knowflake Posts: 790
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Registered: Dec 2011
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posted November 27, 2012 11:20 PM
^ Yep. We did crazy things like pay off wars and invest in infrastructure back then. Bunch of commies. I also enjoy what's been happening to our Gini coefficient over the past 30 years:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gini_since_WWII.svg We're about to catch up with Mexico!
Wheee! And, no, this isn't sour grapes.
Greater income inequality tends (though is not "solid", especially when you're speaking about especially poor countries) to correlate with greater social unrest and political instability.
That is my primary concern. IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 7109
From: Pleasanton, CA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted November 28, 2012 12:51 AM
Thanks for posting this. Some people around here could learn a thing or two about our collective roots from it.IP: Logged |
birdy
Knowflake Posts: 551
From: Sunny
Registered: Dec 2011
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posted November 28, 2012 01:09 AM
What a interesting read. IP: Logged |
Faith
Knowflake Posts: 2741
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Registered: Jul 2011
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posted November 28, 2012 07:09 AM
Love it! Now I'm curious about the history of lobbying and crony capitalism- how has that been worsening over the years? One reason some people make SO much money is because they have our government working for them, creating markets for their products, writing laws about purchasing their products, opening loopholes that allow them to keep more of their earnings...all of that. So I don't trust gov't right away to fix the problem; they can just stop creating the problem, that would help. IP: Logged |
PixieJane
Knowflake Posts: 1264
From: CA
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted November 28, 2012 07:47 AM
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Originally posted by Faith:
So I don't trust gov't right away to fix the problem; they can just stop creating the problem, that would help.
And don't forget multibillion bailouts which the recipients sometimes fly to Washington DC in their private jets to collect. But just for you, Faith...I bet you'll love this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzmTOc IP: Logged |
Faith
Knowflake Posts: 2741
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Registered: Jul 2011
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posted November 28, 2012 10:30 AM
OH MY GOD I LOVE THAT SO MUCH!!!!!  Thank you! IP: Logged |
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