living off the other 49 percent

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Submitted by P. Patton (United States), Aug 21, 2010 11:22

I take another meaning from the quote. The wealth of the rich is produced by the labor of all of us. Concentrated private wealth, and the influence over politicians that it buys are a grave threat to democracy.


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