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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (857293)	5/15/2015 2:56:13 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Recommended By Tenchusatsu Respond to of 1573968

You continue handing control of this economy into the hands of the few because you don't know what the "one percent" really means. If you count the value of a pension a lot of the top 10 percent or even top 1 percent are retired local government employees. The current workers can easily be top 1 percent if you count the pension contributions made for them or esp. if you count the contribution required to safely be able to later pay out their contracted pension payments. See data.sanjoseca.gov Message 30068262 forbes.com Message 29541770

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (857293)	5/17/2015 12:45:02 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573968

You just answered why its fucked to have so few people controlling the economy: the 1%. Did you even listen to what I said? You continue handing control of this economy into the hands of the few because you don't know what the "one percent" really means. It's means nothing but an empty slogan. That's it. It's a catch phrase designed to make you vote for bigger and bigger government. All government has to do is promise more and more wealth redistribution, and you'll gladly hand over the reigns. What do you think the 1% means? The metrics for the German economy typically outperform the metrics for the American economy and its people on average have a better way of life. Germans have a culture of being very productive, which is more than I can say for America's "47 percent." Even then, their socialist government is putting the brakes on their economy as I type. Huh? The largest ethnic minority in this country are Germans. Our work ethnic came from them: 49,206,934 Germans The largest wave of Germans came to America during the middle of the 19th century, facing civil unrest and high unemployment at home. Today, the majority of German-Americans can be found in the non-coastal states, with the largest number in Maricopa County, Arizona. Famous Americans of German descent include Sandra Bullock, John Steinbeck, Ben Affleck, Jessica Biel, Tom Cruise, Uma Thurman, David Letterman, Walt Disney, Henry J. Heinz, and Oscar Mayer. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/largest-ethnic-groups-in-america-2013-8#ixzz3aPnIc9GC