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WillyT

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8. K & R !!!

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 02:31 AM

Dec 2012

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Austerity is a Lie. [View all] Octafish Dec 2012 OP

K&R AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #1

Most of the wealth in human history was created in the last 32 years. Octafish Dec 2012 #3

You bet it is. A vicious, murdering lie. woo me with science Dec 2012 #2

HSBC 2011 PROFIT = $22 Billion; MONEY LAUNDERING fine = $2 Billion Octafish Dec 2012 #7

Thank you. That's useful to have bookmarked. woo me with science Dec 2012 #18

These people ARE gangsters duffyduff Dec 2012 #21

And everyone invested in Wall St contributes to the HSBC defense fund daily. nt raouldukelives Dec 2012 #35

K&R Teamster Jeff Dec 2012 #4

William K. Black marks the 'Failure of the July 2011 Great Betrayal.' Octafish Dec 2012 #30

Excellent article. Calls out our media very well. Overseas Dec 2012 #39

Anyone who doubts the awful results of Austerity should read what happened sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #5

You said that so well it could be an original thread. "Declaration of war," indeed. n/t catzies Dec 2012 #6

This is why I have always thought Jack Sprat Dec 2012 #10

Agree and many in the Business Community Blogs and even some establishment KoKo Dec 2012 #17

If money is Free Speech, austerity is telling We the People to Shut Up and Sit Down. Octafish Dec 2012 #31

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #8

Bernanke free to print all the money Wall Street Banksters need in 2013... Octafish Dec 2012 #37

I agree whole-heartedly. Jack Sprat Dec 2012 #9

We don't stop deficit spending because we're running trade deficits (strong dollar policy). HiPointDem Dec 2012 #14

Socialism has come to America. Octafish Dec 2012 #40

"Why cut Social Security? The program is currently solvent, is expected to remain solvent for decade grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #11

What about DoD? xtraxritical Dec 2012 #12

The cost of Iraq and Afghanistan may be 7 trillion, grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #28

Thank you! xtraxritical Dec 2012 #32

I agree newfie11 Dec 2012 #15

Diverts attention away from the REAL problem - systemic corruption... Octafish Dec 2012 #41

yes, it is. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #13

US NEEDS A FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT TACKLES INEQUALITY Octafish Dec 2012 #43

More than a lie. A euphemism for slavery. K&R n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #16

That's *exactly* what it is. nt woo me with science Dec 2012 #19

We are being led to the economic slaughter house. TheProgressive Dec 2012 #20

Game is rigged so the austerity falls on the same people who bailed out the crooks. Octafish Dec 2012 #44

K&R 99Forever Dec 2012 #22

Joseph Stiglitz Educates Peter Schiff About The Austerity Trap & Cans His Austrian Nonsense (Video) Octafish Dec 2012 #45

k & r! nt wildbilln864 Dec 2012 #23

The rest of the world does not want the USA to embark on a misguided austerity program. byeya Dec 2012 #24

K&R forestpath Dec 2012 #25

And far more relevant that what kind of guns we're going to allow people to own. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #26

kr PufPuf23 Dec 2012 #27

K&R me b zola Dec 2012 #29

K&R idwiyo Dec 2012 #33

K&R CrazyOrangeCat Dec 2012 #34

K&R. (nt) Kurovski Dec 2012 #36

It has been absurd to watch. "Supply side" economics has been revealed as a fiction, and yet the Overseas Dec 2012 #38

kicked and bookmarked - lots to digest LeftInTX Dec 2012 #42