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To: Kirk © who wrote (660)	2/11/2014 5:41:00 PM
From: paul ta	2 Recommendations Recommended By Jerome Sam Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27147

It is no harder than convincing the left that their voters don't deserve a middle class lifestyle just for breathing. That hard work, starting with studying hard in school and showing up on time for various low paying jobs as you work your way up, rather than sitting on your ass smoking pot or drinking booze, is a requirement for a $15/hr job. The actual range of opinion within groups labeled by the media or outsiders is much greater than those not inside can recognize. I know "left" voters who would to a great extent agree with you about the issues you bring up here. Their "left" quality comes from my qualification: "to a great extent." Those working with stereotypes say all the left folks are like THIS and all the right are like THAT, and all the unemployed are like That or This. Our real world is much harder to talk about, not nearly as satisfying.

To: Kirk © who wrote (660)	2/12/2014 7:13:32 AM
From: Jerome	1 Recommendation Recommended By Sam Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27147

Hi Kirk, It is no harder than convincing the left that their voters don't deserve a middle class lifestyle just for breathing Kirk, I think you live in a different universe than most Americans. I live in rural America (upper midwest),.Here there are no street people or panhandlers. This week it has been between -10 to -22 below zero..We do a good job here in sheltering the very few homeless. Jobs here are scarce and none in the $15.00 range you mention. Carpenters and other skilled trades are fortunate to get 12 to 14 dollars an hour. .RN's get between 14 to 17 an hour.. An office call at my physician costs $65.00..Food stamps, medicare and medicaid are the norm. Its not about getting into the middle class, its about staying afloat till a better opportunity is available. The absolute disdain and contempt the far right has for those less fortunate is something new in American politics. It reminds me about the quote from a Republican Governor of Pennsylvania during the hight of the depression, as he declined federal aid to set up food kitchens.. There are no hungry people in Pennsylvania. He did not get re-elected. Now for some stock picks... The beaten down oil service companies, that have charts that reach to the bottom right corner of your computer screen are headed for salvation. My picks here are RIG, and ESV. BP is worth a look.