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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bill Clinton was going to privatize Social Security until, uh, Fate stopped him. [View all]apnu
(8,755 posts)66. I don't need to learn it, I lived through it.
The common dreams post leads with slut shaming. People keep putting the sins of Bill on Hillary. They did it then, they do it now. It was bullshit then, it is bullshit now. There is zero need to discuss thong snapping in an article about Social Security. It is sensational slut shaming and scandal retreading.
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Bill Clinton was going to privatize Social Security until, uh, Fate stopped him. [View all]
Octafish
Apr 2016
OP
Much of what gets decided economically & politically, not just national defense, gets done in secret
Octafish
Apr 2016
#37
Agreed! The Shock Doctrine Treatise treats This Nonsense Well...So If the Other Night's Festivities
CorporatistNation
Apr 2016
#58
And there is no sane or valid reason to believe Hillary wouldn't do this. With the happy
djean111
Apr 2016
#2
History is important - We sure as hell don't want a repeat of a CLinton Admin
Ferd Berfel
Apr 2016
#17
We are not the ones grasping at straws. Those who do not remember history are doomed to
djean111
Apr 2016
#20
In case you missed it -- Hillary said Bill would be a trusted economic advisor
Armstead
Apr 2016
#53
No however he did call Hillary his co-president are you saying she will not reciprocate?
azurnoir
Apr 2016
#93
Thanks again for expansion of the truth, I love when you respond that way /nt
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#33
Oh so that's what they mean by incremental change! I thought that's what I've been experiencing
highprincipleswork
Apr 2016
#9
Thank you, arikara. Hers is an outstanding presentation detailing cyberbullying...
Octafish
Apr 2016
#23
I am definitely war weary. So many of us are. That explains a lot of Bernie's surge.
Overseas
Apr 2016
#76
Next time the stock market crashes and doesn't wipe out your retirement, you'll understand.
Octafish
Apr 2016
#25
Thank you for explaining in detail. My concern regards the same US government.
Octafish
Apr 2016
#36
I asked the question after 2008 if SS had been privatized, how much of the Trust Fund would have
Samantha
Apr 2016
#41
That article doesn't even go far enough on Bill Clinton and SS privatization
BernieforPres2016
Apr 2016
#24
This is worth another kick and a special request blast from the past with a message.
bobthedrummer
Apr 2016
#28
The Lies of Neoliberal Economics (or How America Became a Nation of Sharecroppers)
Octafish
Apr 2016
#63
Old blue eyes in that context and picture, Sir, made me laugh albeit knowingly-thanks
bobthedrummer
Apr 2016
#85
Instead we've got perception manager George Stephanopoulos, and the Pentagon Entertainment Network
bobthedrummer
Apr 2016
#87
yes, and did not know that he continued Reagan's plan to means test it w/ heavy taxation:
amborin
Apr 2016
#29
One's gotta be a lawyer and a CPA to understand all the stuff -- except the politics.
Octafish
Apr 2016
#67
HRC Is Owned By The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks - Make No Mistake About Her Loyalties
cantbeserious
Apr 2016
#55
Neil Barofsky Gave Us The Best Explanation For Washington's Dysfunction We've Ever Heard
Octafish
Apr 2016
#103
Clinton was talking about using the budget surplus, investing a small portion in the private sector
BlueStateLib
Apr 2016
#57