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We were once a nation to be envied. We are now a nation to be pitied. (Original Post) CousinIT 12 hrs ago OP
Not pitied, reviled RainCaster 12 hrs ago #1
Right blubunyip 12 hrs ago #2
Yes unfortunately bdamomma 11 hrs ago #5
A nation to be avoided, a nation to be distrusted. dem4decades 11 hrs ago #3
Above all else, a nation to now be feared. nt Celerity 11 hrs ago #4
It is not the bdamomma 11 hrs ago #6
Oligarchy Iamscrewed 10 hrs ago #7
A nation to be distrusted. Our word means nothing. Demobrat 10 hrs ago #8
Those Billionaires & Corps who won't pay their Fair Share Cha 10 hrs ago #9
And they get most of the benefits of our government working for THEM! FakeNoose 9 hrs ago #12
Not a little truth a whopping big TRILLION $$ TRUTH! Fla Dem 10 hrs ago #10
Great post, CousinIT red dog 1 10 hrs ago #11
Kick. N/T Upthevibe 8 hrs ago #13

dem4decades

(12,692 posts)
3. A nation to be avoided, a nation to be distrusted.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:57 PM
11 hrs ago

A nation to be remembered as once almost great.

Iamscrewed

(160 posts)
7. Oligarchy
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:06 PM
10 hrs ago

Study the past tax structure-compared to economy then to today. This isn't fucking rocket science. The sleeping idiot's need to be woken up before we're wading through the stinking decomposing bodies.

Cha

(309,990 posts)
9. Those Billionaires & Corps who won't pay their Fair Share
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:10 PM
10 hrs ago

of Taxes Are Unamerican

TY!

FakeNoose

(37,225 posts)
12. And they get most of the benefits of our government working for THEM!
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 07:04 PM
9 hrs ago

Even so, they want to cheat Uncle Sam (and the rest of us) without paying for their ample benefits.

red dog 1

(30,748 posts)
11. Great post, CousinIT
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:36 PM
10 hrs ago

Love the Ferlinghetti quote, and that billboard needs to be put up all over America...it's perfect!

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