Plenty of money for our moneyed class<\/a>, which is to say, themselves and their buddies.<\/p>\nThese people do not see America as a country to love. They see most of their fellow citizens as marks to be fleeced. They are citizens of Mammon, not the US.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
No help for Hurricane Sandy victims (which really is a legitimate function of the state in helping secure the common good). Plenty of money for our moneyed class, which is to say, themselves and their buddies. These people do not see America as a country to love. They see most of their fellow citizens as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-41034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-our-ruling-class-vs-the-rest-of-us"],"yoast_head":"\n
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