Deficit Posers: They'd Rather Have 90% Of US Living Like Poor Haitians Than Give Up One Dime

[kpete]

Wednesday, July 14, 2010


Don't Blame Them

by digby

... selfishness is their religion and Ayn Rand is their golden idol.


What with the Republicans all coming out against any raising of taxes to fix the deficit and insisting that unemployment benefits must be paid for with offsets but tax cuts for the wealthy do not, I think it's helpful to look at this chart once again:



Deficit Posers, every last one of them. There is no reason to pay even one tiny bit attention to these hypocrites. They'd rather have 90% of the nation living like those poor Haitians rather than give up one thin dime of their inheritances and ill-gotten gains.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-like-to-be-in-america-paygo-for-poor.html

[onehandle]

1. If we ever get to living like 'poor Haitians,' heads on pikes would be on many a bridge. nt

[Octafish]

2. Why do you think 1 in 4 workers protects the kleptocrats?

Santa Fe Institute economist: one in four Americans is employed to guard the wealth of the rich

[izquierdista]

3. I think not

Americans remain blissfully ignorant of their situation. They would still be chanting "we're #1" during the race to the bottom.

[stray cat]

5. Do you live on less than $2 per day? If so you are in the upper 20% income bracket

in Haiti. In other words - most of the US are the greedy rich compared to poor Haitians

[stray cat]

4. More than 78 per cent of Haitians live in poverty,( defined by World Bank as living on $2 per day)

Do you really qualify or are you instead the greedy rich? Comparatively speaking most of us qualify as the greedy rich in comparison meaning we hoard are relative wealth and let them die - assuming you make more than $60 per months and have a roof over your head even if rented