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patphil

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1. I stopped wondering a long time ago.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2026, 02:50 AM

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There needs to be an adjustment in the national consciousness.
Billionaires are a plague on society. People who only live to acquire at the expense of everyone else need to be stripped of their wealth and forced to live in trailer parks with 20 year old car while working as Walmart greeters. I don't hate them, but I don't see any positive reason for their continued existence.

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I stopped wondering a long time ago. patphil Saturday #1

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It's gonna trickle down any day now...... AZ8theist Saturday #3

Don't piss down my back and call it ... "trickle-down theory." Intractable Saturday #6

When you are really hungry, remember. BidenRocks Saturday #4

More than four decades of the transfer of wealth from the Middle Class no_hypocrisy Saturday #5