>>Thou doth protest too much. Would it kill you to say maybe you were wrong? I am not even asking for that, I just get impatient with certain forms of debate. My point was that there has been significant redistribution of wealth in this country. If you want to dispute that with facts and logic, bring it on.
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>Tracy has and you dismiss them out of hand. I'm not wasting the energy to try to prove anything to you. And your statement that you're closer to the middle than I am is ludicrous, you are one of the most left leaning people I've ever talked to .... you buy the welathy argument, global warming, obama's great, bush was terrible, the war is wrong, pelosi was right all along, etc. pablum and then spout it here.
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>I have a friend who is like you. We don't talk politics, theology, or global warming any more becuz he swallowed the leftist coolaid and when I show him facts, he dismisses them just like you do. Leftist politics is the politics of emotion not fact; of knee-jerk not thought out, of theory not scienctific fact, etc. Point out an area where you are middle of the road.

Pleased to be your human pinata <g>. For a smart guy I am surprised you get so much of it wrong. But that's OK, old sport. I am here for enjoyment and know I am better off tuning the rest of it out.

Not trying to extend the argument, just trying to exonerate myself from charges of making a bogus statement, here are some news articles on the redistribution of wealth in the U.S.

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/not-everyone-is-hurting-the-rich-get-richer-as-the-income-inequality-gap-explodes
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/186625_incomegap17.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/15/business/15rich.html
http://www.kyklosproductions.com/articles/wages.html
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/11/30/winner-take-all-poli.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-the-rich-get-richer-and-the-poor-get-fired-2009-8