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Poverty

silverweb

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1. That's a really bad extension of the saying.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Fri Aug 29, 2014, 07:18 AM

Aug 2014

Last edited Fri Aug 29, 2014, 02:39 PM - Edit history (2)

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]It doesn't make any sense.

A rising tide will lift whatever boats are in the harbor and able to float. The tide doesn't care who owns the boats, which is pretty much the point of Kennedy's version.

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A Rising Tide Only Lifts All Boats When Everyone Has a Boat [View all] unhappycamper Aug 2014 OP

That's a really bad extension of the saying. silverweb Aug 2014 #1

I agree Omaha Steve Aug 2014 #4

Thanks, Omaha Steve! silverweb Aug 2014 #5

"Socialism," Thespian2 Aug 2014 #2

A rising tide only lifts all boats when everyone has a yacht radiclib Aug 2014 #3