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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-11 12:45 PM
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52. We are getting the technocrat behavior over here, too.
MOre and more The Fed is out in front making fiscal policy.

The Super Committee was set up to avoid input from votes and most of Congress.

In the states, a lot of Repug governors have been quietly privatizing public services and utilities, roads, etc.

And of course there is ALEC, the legislation it has written are now being put into laws in many states.
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