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sammy the sage
01-05-2012, 07:28 PM
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/05/have-the-super-rich-seceded-from-the-united-states/

Interesting opinion piece...

"The real joke is on the rest of us. After the biggest financial meltdown in 80 years – a meltdown caused by the type of rogue financial manipulation that Romney embodies – and a consequent long, steep drop in the American standard of living, who is the putative front-runner for one of the only two parties allowed to be competitive in American politics? None other than Mitt Romney, the man who says corporations are people. Opposing him, or someone like him, will be the incumbent president, Barack Obama, who will raise up to a billion dollars to compete in the campaign. Much of that loot will come from the same corporations, hedge fund managers, merger and acquisition specialists, and leveraged buyout artists the president will denounce in pro forma fashion during the campaign.

The super-rich have seceded from America even as their grip on its control mechanisms has tightened."

Mike at A+
01-05-2012, 08:38 PM
Hate to say "I told you so" but I predicted this over 2 years ago when Obama started demonizing success. Anyone with any serious money is taking it off the table. As usual, it's the middle class left to pay the tab. Socialism is right around the corner. Even the upper middle class is thinking about picking up their marbles and leaving the country. It gets real ugly real soon.

WPL
01-05-2012, 09:55 PM
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/05/have-the-super-rich-seceded-from-the-united-states/

Interesting opinion piece...

"The real joke is on the rest of us. After the biggest financial meltdown in 80 years – a meltdown caused by the type of rogue financial manipulation that Romney embodies – and a consequent long, steep drop in the American standard of living, who is the putative front-runner for one of the only two parties allowed to be competitive in American politics? None other than Mitt Romney, the man who says corporations are people. Opposing him, or someone like him, will be the incumbent president, Barack Obama, who will raise up to a billion dollars to compete in the campaign. Much of that loot will come from the same corporations, hedge fund managers, merger and acquisition specialists, and leveraged buyout artists the president will denounce in pro forma fashion during the campaign.

The super-rich have seceded from America even as their grip on its control mechanisms has tightened."

Who the eff uses the words putative and competitive in the same sentence except somebody dreaming of camping out in his mommy's basement?
:7p

Tom
01-05-2012, 10:32 PM
Hate to say "I told you so" but I predicted this over 2 years ago when Obama started demonizing success. Anyone with any serious money is taking it off the table. As usual, it's the middle class left to pay the tab. Socialism is right around the corner. Even the upper middle class is thinking about picking up their marbles and leaving the country. It gets real ugly real soon.

Yup. The USA is not the only game in town anymore.
When you get treated badly, you can go to another table.
Obama is doing everything he can to penalize success and reward failure.

And Sammy, the meltdown was caused by the dems, don't ya know?
Corporations ARE people....government is bad people. Bank on it. :D