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Cirque du So-What

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17. Are you economically libertarian?

Reply to RB TexLa (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 11:36 AM

Apr 2020

Practically every post I see from you seems to extol the virtues of unfettered capitalismm. Last week it was admiring the entrepreneurial spirit of some assclown selling 4-packs of shit paper from the back of his car in a parking lot.

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The Defense Production Act should not be used to prevent exports during a pandemic [View all] RB TexLa Apr 2020 OP

What an assinine thing to say. So you are fine with our HCW's dying as they go without protection? hlthe2b Apr 2020 #1

It sounds like you are the one defending the trump administration telling 3M they can't export to RB TexLa Apr 2020 #4

SHAME ON YOU! hlthe2b Apr 2020 #5

For thinking health care workers in other countries matter as much as ones in the US RB TexLa Apr 2020 #6

For putting the lives of those who will have to save YOU at risk, YES. hlthe2b Apr 2020 #7

So people should only care about people who will be doing things for them and no one else? RB TexLa Apr 2020 #11

YOU are defending Trump's PROFITEERING--not the notion of sending surplus help to others hlthe2b Apr 2020 #12

trump is the one stopping 3M from selling to their customers outside of the US. You are defending RB TexLa Apr 2020 #14

Trump is the one exporting critical goods for profit and reimporting from Asia and Russia for hlthe2b Apr 2020 #15

These sales were going to be to Canada the respirators were not going to be sold back to anyone here RB TexLa Apr 2020 #19

Guess what? NO ONE is saying they are not as valuable. BUT YOU ARE DEFENDING PROFITEERING hlthe2b Apr 2020 #20

This is an international list which, if anything, Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #9

We don't have SUPLUS! That's the point. As a HCW on the lines, my colleagues and I are shocked hlthe2b Apr 2020 #10

We don't have an across the board surplus - definitely. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #18

No surplus emphasizes the need to restrict exports. THAT DOES NOT EQUATE TO not wishing to hlthe2b Apr 2020 #21

Of Course It Should, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #2

I think the answer lies in between genxlib Apr 2020 #3

"if they truly have needs that outweigh ours" left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 #8

Immediate followed by "(which does not seem to be the case here)" genxlib Apr 2020 #22

So what you are saying is because we are not in a soldier to soldier war GemDigger Apr 2020 #13

That is EXACTLY what he is saying. Contemptible. hlthe2b Apr 2020 #16

Deplorable. GemDigger Apr 2020 #25

Are you economically libertarian? Cirque du So-What Apr 2020 #17

Contemptible. Go to the local ER and try to make this argument to workers there drray23 Apr 2020 #23

Go to one in Toronto and tell them they RB TexLa Apr 2020 #31

Imma disagree witcha there, Dawg. Happy Hoosier Apr 2020 #24

Bingo. nt crickets Apr 2020 #26

Yep, we are not at war with other countries, particularly poor countries. "America First" sucks. Hoyt Apr 2020 #27

Jared Kushner is hiring nt msongs Apr 2020 #28

They are the ones stopping 3M from selling to their Canadian and Latin American customers RB TexLa Apr 2020 #29

Sweet how you stick your head out every so often Lars39 Apr 2020 #30

Sure it should. That's what it is there for. Make sure our front-liners have what they need jmg257 Apr 2020 #32