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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	The new American value....ENVY
	Date:	1/30/2012 8:24:09 AM

Don't disagree with this in the least. Whoever is the GOP nominee has to present a positive message that responds to those very concerns while at the same time pointing out that Oblamer is just not up to the task. But I do think your response is emblematic of what I was pointing out and that is historically Americans have not responded well to class envy, even if couched in terms like fairness. They intuitively recognized that in this country there is great mobility between the classes, both up and down. And that one day they too hope to be "rich", however that is defined. Maybe we have lost that essential element of what it means to be an American and if so, we are probably doomed as a great nation. But frankly I simply do not buy that concept. This country is not in decline and is still a shining beacon of freedom and opportunity. We've just hit a rough patch because of government interference in the mortgage markets and the current administration's repeating all the mistakes of FDR that caused the Great Depression.

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The new American value....ENVY - MartiniMan - 1/27/2012 1:40:32 PM

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The new American value....ENVY - MartiniMan - 1/30/2012 8:24:09 AM

The new American value....ENVY - 4691 - 1/30/2012 12:23:23 PM

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You're kidding, right? - MartiniMan - 1/31/2012 12:42:38 PM

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