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In reply to the discussion: Joy Reid should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.?!!!!! [View all]unblock
(55,664 posts)12. Omg, I agree with jd Vance!
Rich people should show more gratitude and appreciation for all this country has done and does for them. Laws and courts and enforcement of property rights, a stabilized banking system, a government that largely lets them do whatever makes the most money, etc.
They can start by paying their fair share of taxes and not constantly trying to lobby the government for endless loopholes and take advantage of every one.
Then they can make sure their workers are paid well and have safe working conditions, and customers actually are satisfied.
I'm suuuure that's what he was talking about. Couldn't possibly be anything else, right?
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Joy Reid should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.?!!!!! [View all]
sheshe2
Saturday
OP
They demand gratitude from African American people for not enslaving them all over again
Bernardo de La Paz
Saturday
#1
So I'd give this patronizing piece of excrement at least an 11 on the scale of 0-10 for outrageousness.
tetedur
Saturday
#4
Shady Vance should be grateful to his country for the privilege afforded a mediocre white man
Ocelot II
Saturday
#6
He still hasn't shown enough gratitude for being able to buy his way into a Senate seat for which he was likewise ...
eppur_se_muova
Saturday
#50
Don't blame me! I stole it from another DU'er (my apologies, as I forgot who!!!).
niyad
Saturday
#44
I don't know, but she should say more of it and the rest of us should join in as well!
W_HAMILTON
Saturday
#42