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Article: When the rich don't spend
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 10, 2001
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Cal Thomas
When the rich don't spend, everyone loses money
By CAL THOMAS
Los Angeles Times
Monday, December 10, 2001
There's a little ditty from the 1961 Broadway musical "Carnival"
that says something, in a different context, about the class warfare
fought by Democrats against Republicans:
"The rich put cream on their berries;
The rich drive shiny black cars.
The rich go here, the rich go there;
It's close to the truth, but far from fair."
Far less cleverly than Bob Merrill's lyrics, Democrats have
decided to reprise their long-running class warfare strategy, which
never changes and often succeeds with the untutored.
A recession having been declared, Democrats plan to run
commercials ...