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Old 05-15-2009, 01:58 AM
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Default Re: Yo, top 1%: shut the fuck up

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They're in the top 1% because God rewarded them for their prayers and their hard work. I mean, humble prayers to the Almighty are pretty much constant in Manhattan and on Wall Street. You didn't know that? Most of these people started out as humble laborers and pulled themselves up by their bootstraps. It's America after all.
That vision of Amerikkka is long dead and not lamented.
Actually, it never existed. It's just PR by the rich to make people think it's possible so you'll work hard to make them rich.

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When people say they got rich through hard work, ask them whose.
I'd like to add another amen to this too!
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