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annabanana

(52,804 posts)
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 11:32 PM Nov 2016

NONE of these gazillionaires understands that the "profit" in the public sector

ISN"T MONEY!

It is the public good. THAT is your "fiduciary responsibility". And that is why you can't run a Country like a business.

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NONE of these gazillionaires understands that the "profit" in the public sector (Original Post) annabanana Nov 2016 OP
THAT is very, very well said.. pangaia Nov 2016 #1
Dems should have been framing this for decades. OhioBlue Nov 2016 #2
1000 times this. n/t Turn CO Blue Dec 2016 #3
business is for money and KT2000 Dec 2016 #4
This seems so obvious to me. annabanana Dec 2016 #6
true enough, but I get the feeling their motive is profit in the capitalist sense anarch Dec 2016 #5

annabanana

(52,804 posts)
6. This seems so obvious to me.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 07:57 AM
Dec 2016

They are completely different realms with completely different needs, goals and missions.

anarch

(6,536 posts)
5. true enough, but I get the feeling their motive is profit in the capitalist sense
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 12:49 AM
Dec 2016

for the gazillionaire class; at the expense of everyone else.

Liberals always complain about how supply side economics doesn't work...well it works pretty well for further enriching the already richest people, which is basically the objective, so actually it's very effective...otherwise why would the Republicans keep trying to inflict it upon us?

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