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To: tejek who wrote (132701)4/4/2013 12:21:56 PM
From: John Vosilla  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
Many heirs of the Gilded Elite from the 1920's over decades gave the keys to the banker or sometimes even the county tax collector cause they couldn't afford to pay even upkeep for their lavish McMansions in exclusive exhurbs of the northeast.

Even happened to Jackie Kennedy's cousin
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We are in a far different place today...



To: tejek who wrote (132701)4/4/2013 4:18:59 PM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
What happens when the wealthy are looting the Treasury, while the rest of the country is greedily sucking up entitlements and welfare in retaliation? At what point will the system break? How long can this go one? How long can the shrinking, productive middle support everyone else?