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seabeckind

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26. Much of the factory closings
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:20 AM
Jun 2016

were a result of a lack of enforcement of anti-trust regulations.

If the president reverses that Reagan direction (reinforced by Mr Clinton) using EOs (which is the way Reagan did the deed), how can that be done incrementally?

There are many things that are either, do it or not.

The no we can'ts depend on your buying the bullshit.

You might brush up on the big Merger and Acquisition strategy that resulted in the oligopoly we have in this country.

Eg, Carrier was bought by a money company, not a furnace company. They did nothing except leverage a buyout. Now they are closing the US plant.

Where's the "no you can't" crowd?

Hillary supporters are the working class bravenak Jun 2016 #1
Hillary supporters live in REALITY, a notion far removed from some of the "revolutionaries." RBInMaine Jun 2016 #3
So true bravenak Jun 2016 #34
So true! Noably, ONLY 15% TOTAL Dems told Bloomberg Hortensis Jun 2016 #6
Most of those that hated her always hated her bravenak Jun 2016 #35
Yes, and it's really about them, not her. Hortensis Jun 2016 #36
People need a villain bravenak Jun 2016 #40
Want. They need not to indulge Hortensis Jun 2016 #41
The worst one will get very quiet for a long time bravenak Jun 2016 #42
Some are just cynically malicious. Hortensis Jun 2016 #43
Oops. I do believe we just saw a classic example of a Freudian slip Android3.14 Jun 2016 #8
"They" rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #12
Yes, her supporters do live in a bubble. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2016 #17
You have a much kinder assessment of Bernie & his fans than I do. baldguy Jun 2016 #2
... hobbit709 Jun 2016 #4
Sen. Sanders has good positions on some issues but "Bernie" the candidate was a strange brew. ucrdem Jun 2016 #5
Closing another factory here in Indiana. seabeckind Jun 2016 #7
That's ''Progress.'' Octafish Jun 2016 #13
Here is a question ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #18
Much of the factory closings seabeckind Jun 2016 #26
RBInMaine, can you please... joshcryer Jun 2016 #9
Yeah, this shit is getting really smelly. Fuddnik Jun 2016 #10
wow, really? Else You Are Mad Jun 2016 #11
What he said. n/t seabeckind Jun 2016 #27
Sanders was never a threat and so had a free ride with no attacks Gothmog Jun 2016 #14
Exactly!! nt eastwestdem Jun 2016 #44
+1, I don't see how Sanders is progressing anything practical and not admitting Clinton won is bad uponit7771 Jun 2016 #15
You DINOS say the strangest things Doctor_J Jun 2016 #16
I am a "Democrat in Name Only"? ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #19
Haven't you heard GulfCoast66 Jun 2016 #32
More of this devisive bullshit. blackspade Jun 2016 #20
Some people actually ENJOY being preached to every Sunday. randome Jun 2016 #21
Brockettes tap tap tap tapping the script away MaeScott Jun 2016 #22
What kind of "progress" will Hillary make with... Herman4747 Jun 2016 #23
a lot of stuff was never "doable" DonCoquixote Jun 2016 #29
Why so bitter? GeorgeGist Jun 2016 #24
2. (of a group, person, or idea) favoring or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas. krawhitham Jun 2016 #25
Oh, god in heaven, not another one !!! pangaia Jun 2016 #28
Another goddamned "supporters" thread. nt VulgarPoet Jun 2016 #30
Why do you post the very same things over and over and over QC Jun 2016 #31
... MattSh Jun 2016 #33
Is this a progressive / liberal stance HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #37
Some of us might take incrementalism, if it was in the right direction, and by the way, it doesn't JCanete Jun 2016 #38
The denial that you are a moderate republican coyote Jun 2016 #39
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