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Gallup: Today’s Democrats Twice as Likely as Depression-Era Americans
Cybercast News Service ^ | 4/15/11 | Terence P. Jeffrey

Posted on 04/15/2011 5:09:21 PM PDT by Nachum

Democrats in America today are twice as likely as Americans in the Great Depression era to favor imposing heavy taxes on the rich as a means of redistributing wealth, according to data published today by the Gallup poll. A Gallup poll conducted April 7-11, in the lead-up to the annual deadline for filing federal tax returns, showed that 71 percent of Democrats believe the government should use heavy taxes on the rich to redistribute wealth.

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KEYWORDS: democrats; gallup; todays; twice
Full Title: Gallup: Today’s Democrats Twice as Likely as Depression-Era Americans to Favor Redistributing Wealth
1 posted on 04/15/2011 5:09:28 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Like, spread the wealth around, you know?


2 posted on 04/15/2011 5:11:07 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: Nachum

Back then Americans had pride...not gay pride.


3 posted on 04/15/2011 5:11:31 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (Shut up and eat your Beans!)
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To: Nachum

What happens when they run out of other people’s money?


4 posted on 04/15/2011 5:17:21 PM PDT by maid of orleans
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To: Nachum

OK, I finally get it. Progressives finally do understand that the poor don’t create jobs - for them that’s quite an epiphany. So, if those ‘evil’ rich folks won’t voluntarily give up their own money to create any kind of job for those poor folks, they will take it through threat of government force and give it to the poor for doing nothing. In reality the Progressives prefer the taking method to the voluntary investment approach but they are trying to be ‘fair’ and offer those heartless rich folks a choice. How nice of them!


5 posted on 04/15/2011 5:18:22 PM PDT by RonInNaples
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To: Nachum

When the rich leave the USA, who will these parasites attach themselves to? Being a Democrat proves you have no concept of cause-and-effect.


6 posted on 04/15/2011 5:20:21 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: maid of orleans

“What happens when they run out of other people’s money?”

You know the answer to that - they just print more of it!


7 posted on 04/15/2011 5:20:21 PM PDT by RonInNaples
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To: Nachum

Just look at the demographics of today’s Democrapic Party and the “rich” and there you have all the answers you need


8 posted on 04/15/2011 5:20:36 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Celebrate 'Civility'")
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To: Nachum

Look, then, to the poor for your next job.


9 posted on 04/15/2011 5:21:25 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Nachum

Enemies. Enemies, and not our countrymen.


10 posted on 04/15/2011 5:25:37 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: Nachum
"Today’s Democrats Twice as Likely as Depression-Era Americans to Favor Redistributing Wealth"

I'm glad to see that Gallup is now careful to make the distinction between "Americans" and "Democrats"! ;)

11 posted on 04/15/2011 5:26:49 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: Nachum
"Democrats in America today are twice as likely as Americans in the Great Depression era to favor imposing heavy taxes on the rich as a means of redistributing wealth, according to data published today by the Gallup poll."

That's because America's Democratic party died a long time ago. They're really all Socialists now, flying under false colors.

12 posted on 04/15/2011 5:36:08 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Ken522
Countdown until Obama leaves Office: 645 days as of April 15, 2011.

point-it-out1smObama Budget 2.0 - Millionaires don't have a right to keep any of their hard-earned cash. It all belongs to the gov't

13 posted on 04/15/2011 5:43:01 PM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: Nachum

Being on relief used to be shameful.

Just show’s how much of the population is shameless...


14 posted on 04/15/2011 5:52:32 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
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To: Nachum

Yep, it’s a battle of the makers vs the takers. The takers are those that work for gov’t, were elected to the gov’t, or live on the dole of the gov’t supporting their non-contributing life style.

When I was young, I was taught that we all had an obligation to our family, community and country to be a productive member of society. Those on the left would scoff at this notion today. As they see it, the folks going nowhere in life and breeding offspring that will also go nowhere are sure votes for a socialist like state.


15 posted on 04/15/2011 8:32:01 PM PDT by AlphaOneAlpha
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