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defacto7

(13,485 posts)
4. It's hard for me to believe..
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 04:26 AM
Dec 2012

that there are people in the US who actually make political decisions like this. Are they blind to history? Do they think they are omnipotent? Do they think at all? Rick Snyder sounds like Mussolini.

When was politics invaded by so many self aggrandizing, uneducated, morons?

Michigan legislature cut taxes on business (to zero), raised them on poor people, rich pay $7 HiPointDem Dec 2012 #1
Fascism? elleng Dec 2012 #2
Facism is capitalism's austere face. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #8
Company Town. Downwinder Dec 2012 #3
It's hard for me to believe.. defacto7 Dec 2012 #4
Not really. They think they can get away with raping an pillaging enough to make 1monster Dec 2012 #13
In Pontiac they sold off half the city. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #14
Exactly. If there is any justice, eventually, the courts will rule all of those sales 1monster Dec 2012 #15
i don't know that there are any court battles. they're building a dialysis clinic on the parkland HiPointDem Dec 2012 #16
Try building something without first getting the proper permits... Government has 1monster Dec 2012 #19
3/23/33: "Enabling Act" effectively hands legislative powers of the Reichstag to the Chancellor HiPointDem Dec 2012 #5
The powers-that-be could figure out how to put Blagojevich in prison but can't figure out how to do AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #6
the powers that be *love* snyder. they put him in office. As a former venture (vulture) capitalist HiPointDem Dec 2012 #7
We were told that "we" won. We were told that Obama won. Doesn't the DOJ report to Holder who AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #22
This is the sort of thing that spawns armed insurrections Scootaloo Dec 2012 #9
if only. the voters barely repealed it by 4 points. people are stupid and are going to suffer for HiPointDem Dec 2012 #10
Fascisim Fast-track ReRe Dec 2012 #11
Are there not Federal protections that could be used to intercede on behalf of the cities? Ford_Prefect Dec 2012 #12
Oh, it gets better (not) GreenEyedLefty Dec 2012 #17
please consider making this post a new OP. there is so much happening all at once in MI, it's HiPointDem Dec 2012 #18
Can MIchigan proceed is there is not a quorum in the legislature? avebury Dec 2012 #20
That Tactic Hasn't Worked Well... KharmaTrain Dec 2012 #21
it was only one year before the people repealed the EM law, but the EM sold half of Pontiac in the HiPointDem Dec 2012 #23
A Very Painful Lesson In Democracy... KharmaTrain Dec 2012 #24
Court orders can remove EM laws and right to work laws if the courts find it unconstitutional Panasonic Dec 2012 #25
But, Unfortunately, It Hasn't Been Ruled As Such... KharmaTrain Dec 2012 #28
Better nip this one in the bud cbrer Dec 2012 #26
K&R woo me with science Dec 2012 #27
Benton Harbor = they want to privatize the beach and make a golf course $$$$$ for the 1% eom amborin Dec 2012 #29
already done. they gave the city some other land for a park in exchange & the emergency manager HiPointDem Dec 2012 #30
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