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Cannonpointer
23 Jul 2014 10:30 am
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Who besides you ever said that I want beltway politicians running the economy? If corrupt government is a problem, why would anyone be against fixing it? Against holding it accountable to do its job - which, like it or not, includes regulating the market. Or did you think the Easter Bunny would reg...
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RichClem
23 Jul 2014 10:21 am
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Then why would you possibly want Beltway politicians running the economy? Because they and their contributors in Big Business will ride roughshod over the average citizen. As has been seen under FDR and Obama, in particular....
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Cannonpointer
23 Jul 2014 10:20 am
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You said "shareholders," which of course you know to be a lie. There is only one "shareholder:" the government of Singapore. Government ownership of the means of production WAS socialism, before you came out, son. And you don't get to say what I want - unless you agree that I get to say what you w...
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RichClem
23 Jul 2014 10:18 am
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WTF? The topic is Economics, but you start bleating about foreign policy. China is not Communist. If it were, it wouldn't have a powerful, strongly growing economy. That is a literal impossibility. And we don't "give" them anything. Reagan didn't triple the national debt. No one tripled the nat...
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Cannonpointer
23 Jul 2014 10:10 am
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This precisely proves my point. The Golden Rule is the one thing humans can count on forever: He who has the gold makes the rules - and Temasek follows those rules. Who sets the investment objectives? Temasek? No - Temasek FOLLOWS those objectives. And the implicit pretense that phone calls are no...
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Cannonpointer
23 Jul 2014 09:53 am
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Agreed on Johnson - but so-called "free market supporters" - whatever you think that means - vote for and empower the type of people who triple our national debt, fight wars of choice off budget, give the world's most powerful communist nation unfettered access to the world's largest consumer market...
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golfboy
23 Jul 2014 07:38 am
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Is she actually finally starting to see the light? We explained this to you prior to Obamacare ever passing in 2009. Prior to Bammycare, if you had an issue you attempted to resolve it with your insurance company and if you were unable to resolve it to your satisfaction you could retain a lawyer ...
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golfboy
23 Jul 2014 07:31 am
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Sorry, but you're clearly wrong. Repetition isn't going to change that. The Employer mandate has only been delayed for small to medium businesses, not for everyone. Again, if you don't know what the law did, or how it's been modified by Obama, why are you here?...
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RichClem
23 Jul 2014 07:07 am
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Yes, but no, Carter re-inflated the dollar after to some degree Ford stabilized it and the economy, so Carter deserves the blame for his own actions and the resulting problems. And it began with LBJ, not Nixon, although he did worsen the problem. Not to mention, inflating the dollar is "acceptable...
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tharock220
23 Jul 2014 12:09 am
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And it's definitely not a situation where government took control, forced it into bankruptcy, then used the bankruptcy court(also government) to give the company to political allies....
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