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To them, it's just smart business to spend political capital on protecting the financial interests of the billionaires and big corporations who make up their base -- the "haves and the have-mores," as President George W. Bush famously described them.
Ethan Rome: Boehner's Real Death Panel Replaces Palin's Fake One Ethan Rome 2011
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This mentality, by the way, does not exist in Canada, Australia or Europe where tax cuts are desirable and granted, but never skewed simply to make rich people richer or to, as Bush once said, help "the haves and have-mores".
Diane Francis: Bush-wacked Americans Diane Francis 2011
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This is an impressive crowd — the haves and the have-mores.
Are these Bushisms funny? « Teaching Literacy « Literacy Help « Literacy News 2010
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George W. Bush summed it up at an $800-a-plate dinner back in 2000 with a joke: "This is an impressive crowd - the haves and the have-mores," he said.
Mark Weisbrot: Extending the Tax Cuts: The Ninety-Eight Percent Solution Mark Weisbrot 2010
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This mentality, by the way, does not exist in Canada, Australia or Europe where tax cuts are desirable and granted, but never skewed simply to make rich people richer or to, as Bush once said, help "the haves and have-mores".
Diane Francis: Bush-wacked Americans Diane Francis 2011
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George W. Bush: This is an impressive crowd: the haves, and the have-mores.
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Rather, the haves became the have-mores because the have-nots have less.
David A. Love: Why Conservatives Need to Support the #OccupyWallSt Movement David A. Love 2011
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After all, their problems are soluble by belt tightening, slapping taxes on Chinese imports and imposing income taxes on their haves and have-mores.
Diane Francis: North Korea, Ireland and Other Lunatic Nations Diane Francis 2010
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After all, their problems are soluble by belt tightening, slapping taxes on Chinese imports and imposing income taxes on their haves and have-mores.
Diane Francis: North Korea, Ireland and Other Lunatic Nations Diane Francis 2010
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After all, their problems are soluble by belt tightening, slapping taxes on Chinese imports and imposing income taxes on their haves and have-mores.
Diane Francis: North Korea, Ireland and Other Lunatic Nations Diane Francis 2010
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