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In reply to the discussion: Reich: Why Anyone Should Care that Bill O’Reilly Calls Me A Communist (It's a sign of the times.) [View all]dkf
(37,305 posts)4. Interesting observation...
"Because Americas big corporations were now global we could no longer rely on them to make necessary investments in human capital or to lobby for public investments in education, infrastructure, and basic R&D. So, logically, government has to step in."
I would like to see this elaborated on. Did they ever do this?
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Reich: Why Anyone Should Care that Bill O’Reilly Calls Me A Communist (It's a sign of the times.) [View all]
pampango
Apr 2012
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K&R. Reich does a beautiful job in illustrating how the level of discourse
bullwinkle428
Apr 2012
#3
The word "Communist" has triggered a Pavlovian response in an entire generation of Righties.
Kurovski
Apr 2012
#58
I'm beginning to think Democrats should just start calling Republicans communists as well.
denverbill
Apr 2012
#8
You're missing the point. "Communists" and "Socialists" are bad - haven't you been watching FoxNews?
cbdo2007
Apr 2012
#25
Actually, the Republican Party is structured not too differently from the Soviet Communist Party.
Selatius
Apr 2012
#55
Retread McCathyism is all the rage, and it is not just O'Reilly and Fox....
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2012
#48
TheO'REALLYstupidlyArrogantPinhead is going off the cliff w/the rest of FIXEDnewsCORP.
supraTruth
Apr 2012
#52