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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 08:52 AM Original message |
A Core Issue that BOTH parties ignore -- Monopoly Capitalism |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. It doesn't have to be this way. They don't own us. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. An intersting thesis but perhaps too simplistic |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. My post WAS simplistic by necessity |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I don't believe we're too far apart. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It depends both on individuals out here and individuals of goodwill on the inside |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yes, but bad people often pass themselves off as good people |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Not to sound like Obama (who I am really pissed off at) but it's all a matter of balance |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I have no problem anti-trust laws or truth in advertising |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I doubt taxing companies into fairness is a siolution |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. See! I knew we agreed! |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Thanks |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. Monopoly is the inevitable outcome of capitalism. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I knew someone woiuld say that. My response is: |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Agreed that the present must be addressed |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. There's pushback and there's pushback |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Never said it would be easy. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Well, I've been through my own political evolutions over the years... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. As have I... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. As with all things, Time will tell, I guess.... |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. Antitrust enforcement is as dead as Dillinger |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Sleeping -- It doesn't have to be dead |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
8. If by "ignore", you mean "encourage and personally profit from..." |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That too.... |
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fivepennies (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'll make it even more simplistic. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. To be honest..... |
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fivepennies (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Many people don't understand the federal reserve, |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. There are people working to change that at the grass-roots level |
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fivepennies (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Absolutely!!! Local/alternative currencies!!! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
18. Ignore hell. The neo-cons and neo-libs embrace it. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I know --A related problem is the "mushy middle" |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. Obama sucks....Obama's great |
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