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Hitchhiker Wrote: Jun 05, 2012 11:37 PM

Brilliant as always Dr. Sowell. However, the answer to the question of why they are called poor has an intermediate step crucial to the political calculus. They are "poor" because they are in the bottom income quintile or the bottom 10% of wealth holders or whatever statistical abstraction is handy for the politician at the moment. They might fantasize about a mythical 99% that can be easily manipulated for their purposes but, in reality, they only need 51%. We might be circling the drain but, Obama is gonna get trounced in Nov. Better luck next time guys although you may not need it at the rate we are going. Swirling ever closer as the people declare their willingness to buy a slick image. As seen on tv is good enough.

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b_niles57 Wrote: Jun 06, 2012 11:28 AM

Simply not true. See my reply to dbz77 above.

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Playing With Words

Would anyone work to support themselves or their families -- and then turn over a chunk of that hard-earned money to somebody else, just because of the words used by that somebody else?

A few people may be taken in by the words of con men, here and there, but the larger tragedy is that millions more are taken in by the words of politicians, the top-of-the-line con men.

How do politicians con people out of their money? One example can be found in a recent article titled "The Autism-Welfare Nexus" by Paul Sperry in "Investor's Business Daily."

Genuine autism is a truly tragic...

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