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To: SilentZ who wrote (576993)	7/19/2010 9:36:16 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1570954

"Also, the consolidation of wealth is jarring. The top 1% in this country possess 34% of its wealth and the bottom 50% possess 2.5%. " I think Ten believes this is proper, as it should be, and good.

To: SilentZ who wrote (576993)	7/19/2010 9:58:38 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570954

en.wikipedia.org "Hashim Nzingh, Shabazz's chief of staff, blamed Jewish groups for the incident, stating in a telephone interview that "they let these groups like the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and the JDL (Jewish Defence League), which is nothing but a bunch of gangsters, dictate what happens in the world today," and "they told Canada not to let us in and Canada followed their rules, because this country is run from Israel."[35] Nkem Anizor, president of the BYTA, also blamed the "Jewish lobby" for the government's decision to deny Shabazz entry to Canada,[35][39][38] Shabazz himself later stated that "Canada is on Malik alert," and that "B'nai Brith has won this one, and I'm starting to see the power of the Jewish lobby in Canada, full force. I thought Canada was free... I think this is evidence that black people are being oppressed in Canada."[38]"

To: SilentZ who wrote (576993)	7/19/2010 10:06:24 AM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1570954

And it goes towards enriching the upper class and a ton of it goes into savings rather than to productive use. And you really think the "free market" is so good at dictating where the money goes? The investment strategist for Merrill Lynch said this morning that much of the bush 2001 tax cuts went into investments abroad... cnbc.com In our era of consolidation, the huge companies actually lower their rates of spending on R&D (see GE, IBM, Motorola) and concentrate on killing competition. and hiring abroad... Al

To: SilentZ who wrote (576993)	7/19/2010 10:51:58 AM
From: TopCat	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1570954

".....and a ton of it goes into savings rather than to productive use." There's an amazing amount of ignorance wrapped up in that comment....unless by "savings" you mean stuffing money in a mattress.