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Playinghardball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:46 PM Original message |
Why Are Women Part Of The 99%? |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. uh oh, now you've done it n/t |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Right on, Sister!! |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Women make up a significant part of the 1% in the United States |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I don't think you could miss the point any further. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Here's a picture of one |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Her sister Christy Walton of Jackson, WY is even richer |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Would it make sense if I posted photos of women in poverty? |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. The implication of the OP subject line and image was that women make up little of the 1% |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I'd say that's quite a stretch. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. The wealthy men on the Forbes list don't have wives? |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Did you seriously just post that? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Of course I did. |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. Not true:: "women are probably half of the 1%" |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Do you doubt that the members of the 400 richest families are about 50% female? |
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Demstud (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. And what percentage of those females actually control the wealth of their family? |
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Demstud (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Also it's pretty irrelevant anyway |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Ask Newt how much control Callista has, as someone pointed out |
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Demstud (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Control of household income pales in comparison |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Divide and Conquer, your doing the 1% work for them. You would abandon the 99% for the 51% |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Something to notice. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. That's 45% of adult women vs 9% of adult men. (nt) |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. An aberration or the norm? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Women control 51.3% of the wealth. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Please cite your source. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. . |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Interesting, |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. "Missing the point." |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Could you please provide something more than a link to that page. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. See post 30 n/t |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. More links to lengthy pieces. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Actually, I was finally able to view the Fed report in question. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That's one of my pet peeves. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Where were the skeptics when the OP was posted? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. As one newspaper heiress said, "It just passes through my uterus" |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. That wasn't the question. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Almost no women in undeveloped countries own property |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. There is almost no "property" in undeveloped countries. n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Wrong. Land farmed for subsistence by women is owned by men n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. What's it worth? n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. The original stat counts land, not dollar value |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. land is measured in acres. "property" is measured in dollars. n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Right. Those whose free labor and marginal land are regarded as "worthless" |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Still married to wife number one |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I think you mean she is still married to you. |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Snacks here!!! Get your fresh popped snacks here! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Operative term: "in the husband's name." |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. So? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Cool. Bullshit, but cool. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The graphic says WORLD, not the US. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Uh, no. Probably not. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Ha ha! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. self-delete |
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Demstud (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. So... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Dunno. It's not my OP. However, the north american net worth is 35% of the total. |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Which is why I consider Moveon.org to be equal to Fox News |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Moveon.org doesn't claim to be a NEWS organization |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. For us guys and gals who have women partners, what ever is good for them is good for us. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
33. I never quite understood this... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Gender issues venn diagram |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. If you were a woman in Africa doing most of the work of subsistence agriculture |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. Raising children automatically makes you poorer, and if you do it alone, you are really poor. |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. This is the mortal sin of our species. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
62. I think this thread is off the key focus. All that matters is we are the 99% and they are the one. |
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