"I can debate just fine without insults."
No, actually you can't. You misconstrue. You obfuscate. You reach. You grasp. You spin. You twist. You put words into the mouths of others. You take things out of context (IT everything, you obsess), and you frequently insult.
On top of all of that, you make claims such as that you are going to leave the debate, as if stomping your little foot and running away will somehow get you some extra attention and clout.
Moreover, you talk loudly and boldy, then you back away from being able to provide data (e.g. your "middle class is shrinking" claim).
You put words into the mouths of others. Sorry, Southack, you seem to forget that you did just that to me - saying that I had claimed that incomes were dropping when I said no such thing (but, as irony would have it, the very statistic you cited showed that net incomes did indeed drop). And as for not leaving this thread, I said I was through with you - but since you persist in your completely inane ramblings, I still feel compelled to answer a couple of them. And, like I told carton, I save insults for when they are appropriate to a particular poster. Most folks here I had just a fine debate with. You, however, didn't even begin to recieve the derision you earned.