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Warren Stupidity

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14. keep spinning.

Reply to hack89 (Reply #13)

Thu May 3, 2012, 06:09 PM

May 2012

You asked. You got the answer: many times. Now you are often working definitional arguments to avoid the answer.

The national banking system abolished (via nationalization) private currencies. Rather huge.

In both AMTRAK and CONRAIL your complaint is that they were in financial trouble. So what?

RTC took over - nationalized - essentially the entire S&L industry.

The airport security industry was private until 2001. The TSA nationalized the industry, a fact that all the neolib market fundies now regret and want to undo. Your argument would be better with the irrelevant "but it was wartime" that you used for the US Rail case.

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Spain demands payment for Bolivia asset snatch [View all] Zorro May 2012 OP

Good for Bolivia! MNBrewer May 2012 #1

The "snatching" is with compensation. The headline is bullshit. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #4

What's a "guarantee" from a thief worth? DetlefK May 2012 #7

"thief"? It is a legal act. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #8

Legal according to Boliva 4th law of robotics May 2012 #16

This was posted yesterday, though not with the cool pro-international bourgeoisie spin. Comrade Grumpy May 2012 #2

People of America demand compensation for 500 years of exploitation. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #3

Is paying for snatch legal in Spain? jberryhill May 2012 #5

Bolivia to conquistador imperialists: Drop Dead! provis99 May 2012 #6

Oh this is such horse hockey fasttense May 2012 #9

So you can point out in America where any government at any level hack89 May 2012 #10

United States Railroad Administration Warren Stupidity May 2012 #12

A three year, war emergency act. OK hack89 May 2012 #13

keep spinning. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #14

The fundamental difference hack89 May 2012 #15

You asked a specific question and you got your answer. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #17

If you can't see how your examples have anything to do with what happened in Bolivia hack89 May 2012 #18

LOL hack89 treads water... Ash_F May 2012 #19

Who are the bad guys? hack89 May 2012 #21

Sucking away a countries financial resources in one-sided deals... Ash_F May 2012 #23

Can you show how much money Bolivia lost on the deal? hack89 May 2012 #25

There goes Bolivia's foreign investments. nt hack89 May 2012 #11

Oh no! How will they survive without daddy Europe? Ash_F May 2012 #20

Look to Venezula's oil industry for your answer. hack89 May 2012 #22

Venezula will figure it out. Ash_F May 2012 #24

Doubtful hack89 May 2012 #26

Would you include... rayofreason May 2012 #29

Spain is arguing the fair price value may3rd May 2012 #27

You don't 'really' own anything when you deal internationally jeanmarc May 2012 #28