[FairfieldLife] Re: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look.

2011-02-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > Judy is in many ways a typical conservative, > as I've said a couple of times. Which is > why she liked Hillary so much. What weird, self-destructive urge makes people like Sal and Bhairitu (and Barry and Vaj) tell REEELY REEE

[FairfieldLife] Re: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look.

2011-02-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 02/01/2011 05:53 AM, Vaj wrote: > > Sometimes it's easier to admire courage in others than > > it is to seek it in ourselves. > > And I write about these things and some people call me > a "conspiracy theorist". Go figure. Nope, nob

[FairfieldLife] Re: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look.

2011-02-04 Thread WillyTex
Vaj: > We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look. > A graph Rampell pulls from Milanovic's book shows that America's poorest 5 percent is richer, as a group, than about two-thirds of the world, and roughly equivalent with India's wealthiest 5 percent. Reason Hit & Run, February 3, 20

[FairfieldLife] Re: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look.

2011-02-02 Thread WillyTex
> > What does your average "tea partier" look like? > > Tom Pall: > photo 1 > Sarah Palin's looks seem to be somewhat above average.

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2011-02-01 Thread Tom Pall
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:23 PM, WillyTex wrote: > What does your average "tea partier" look like? > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look.

2011-02-01 Thread WillyTex
> > > The solution is to raise taxes on the rich.. > > > > > So, how much would you be willing to raise taxes > > on the rich? Why not just have a flat tax that > > is very low that everyone pays - that seems fair > > to me... > > Bhairitu: > A flat tax will only work if you don't have a wide >

[FairfieldLife] Re: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look.

2011-02-01 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > [snip] > The guy was also concerned that Eqypt would go > "Muslim". What does he think they are now? God these > people are dumb. Maybe the founding fathers were right > about giving the vote only to the educated. I can see clearly wh

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look.

2011-02-01 Thread Bhairitu
On 02/01/2011 11:25 AM, WillyTex wrote: > >>> Sometimes it's easier to admire courage in >>> others than it is to seek it in ourselves... >>> > Bhairitu: >> The solution is to raise taxes on the rich.. >> > So, how much would you be willing to raise taxes > on the rich? Why not just have a flat tax

[FairfieldLife] Re: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look.

2011-02-01 Thread WillyTex
> > Sometimes it's easier to admire courage in > > others than it is to seek it in ourselves... > > Bhairitu: > The solution is to raise taxes on the rich.. > So, how much would you be willing to raise taxes on the rich? Why not just have a flat tax that is very low that everyone pays - that se

[FairfieldLife] Re: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look.

2011-02-01 Thread WillyTex
Vaj: > We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look. > When is the last time you protested in public, Vaj?