• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    Roth on Tuesday stressed the significant contributions of the city’s wealthiest residents to its tax base and said these members of the so-called one-percent are “not enemies” and are “at the top of the great American economic pyramid for a reason.”

    There it is. The “we’re better than you and deserve more” conceit.

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      That reason: they are so pathologically greedy that they grubbed up way more money than anyone could need and more than anyone else around.

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      Interesting how they’re there for being stains on humanity, but they think they’re special.