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Octafish

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2. How about we nationalize defense and energy?

Reply to newfie11 (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:51 AM

Dec 2012

No thought experiment: It would fill the Treasury, instititute big savings for the taxpayers, and eliminate the middle men. Let a few CEOs try their hand at Mickey D's.

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Stop World War for Oil and Empire and Budget Dilemma Solved [View all] Octafish Dec 2012 OP

I agree totally nt newfie11 Dec 2012 #1

How about we nationalize defense and energy? Octafish Dec 2012 #2

But that's SOCIALISM! Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #3

Oh yeah we can't have that newfie11 Dec 2012 #4

We gotta re-brand the thing, Jackpine Radical. Octafish Dec 2012 #5

Lol well said newfie11 Dec 2012 #6

+10000.... G_j Dec 2012 #7

US domestic and foreign policies serve the wealthy at the expense of democracy at home. Octafish Dec 2012 #8

so true G_j Dec 2012 #9

K&R closeupready Dec 2012 #10