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pipoman

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5. How about having key people

Reply to tpsbmam (Original post)

Thu Jul 11, 2013, 03:26 PM

Jul 2013

purchased and serving in administrative cabinet positions who extoll the virtues of this small group of extremely wealthy people on things like, oh, I don't know....free trade? People who would disregard the wishes of the population who they were appointed to serve? Say...if...hypothetically, the labor secretary lobbied and railed for "free trade" aka exportation of US jobs...would that be treason Bob?...Hmm??

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Robert Reich: Just suppose..... [View all] tpsbmam Jul 2013 OP

Would you call this treason? Flashmann Jul 2013 #1

It's happening! kentuck Jul 2013 #2

Yes it is newfie11 Jul 2013 #7

Yes, and I've said it for 40 years Warpy Jul 2013 #3

devolved from a political party into an interstate racketeering organization Flashmann Jul 2013 #4

How about having key people pipoman Jul 2013 #5

No. (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #6