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In reply to the discussion: Matt Damon: ‘Game is rigged’ [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)88. Yep! Look at the relationships between how PUBLIC debt is financed & PRIVATE securities, ie, The Fed
And you'll see another instance of the profoundly hypocritical nature of what calls itself "capitalism".
American "capitalists" are utterly dependent upon holding public debt/the commonweal HOSTAGE to PRIVATE profits. They very likely COULD NOT survive as capitalists except as PARASITES on the deficits that they precipitate AND PROFIT OFF OF.
It's absurd, completely absurd.
Time to wake up, America.
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could be because it's all about looting in the usa & moving it offshore. business is being built up,
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#5
Well, yes. Even daily and weekly goals and quotas all tied to the quarterly and annual goals
Gman
Dec 2012
#14
Well we've been "running government like a business" for about 30 years now. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2012
#11
Are you fricking kidding me? You suck at geography, probably why you vote republican
LynneSin
Dec 2012
#74
That is why sitting out elections or wasting votes like in 2000 and 2010 is so damaging for
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#71
By telling someone like that to donate to the treasury you are actually calling for liberals
cui bono
Dec 2012
#34
Creating more energy infrastructure doesn't guarantee we abide by some arbitrary bounds
NoOneMan
Dec 2012
#66
Same here, and as a teacher I was thrilled with his public support of education and teachers.
Starry Messenger
Dec 2012
#48
Welcome to DU. Trying to figure out your name, what it means. I can come up with
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#73
Obama is a direct refutation of Damon's thesis. Obamacare is a case in point.
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2012
#55
We found this out following Howard Dean. It was the Democratic establishment
Peregrine Took
Dec 2012
#65
worried about polls? They don't give a shit about what the American people want
No Compromise
Dec 2012
#75