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Douglas Carpenter

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112. 1. a Catch 22 housing market in which a "healthy" economy requires that housing prices be driven to

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:21 PM

Nov 2012

levels that make decent housing unfordable to vast portions of the American population.

2. A unsustainable speculation driven casino economy where the path to fortune is speculating on speculating rather than making or selling real stuff

3. Higher education becoming increasingly unfordable for vast portions of the American population - requiring that most of those who can obtain higher education to enter the work market in a condition boarder-lining on indentured servitude.

4. An unsustainable military empire and the war driving economy that comes along with it

5. Fox News

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Name the single greatest threat to our American Way of life. [View all] mick063 Nov 2012 OP

That gets my vote, too. loudsue Nov 2012 #1

income inequality liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #2

They can take away our freedoms without changing any laws XemaSab Nov 2012 #38

The Corporate Oligarchy's effort to usurp American democracy nt MrScorpio Nov 2012 #3

Thank you. And I would add... woo me with science Nov 2012 #124

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Can't top your answer libodem Nov 2012 #4

I would also add ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN... GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #104

Hell, yes! libodem Nov 2012 #108

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the police state/surveillance society quinnox Nov 2012 #6

Propaganda. ThatPoetGuy Nov 2012 #7

And yours is a tool of mine. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #13

The Military Industrial Complex SweetieD Nov 2012 #8

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As a lib that home schooled three sons demwing Nov 2012 #46

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Absolutely fair demwing Nov 2012 #100

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I know I would want the freedom to homeschool liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #105

Time, place, and circumstances demwing Nov 2012 #123

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Come on - Home schooling is not evil. demwing Nov 2012 #103

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Our profits over people economic system. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #11

Inequality Science Geek Nov 2012 #12

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+1 Tax them until they're only "fabulously wealthy". Scuba Nov 2012 #37

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Thinking that there is a single greatest threat? renie408 Nov 2012 #23

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What is our American Way of Life... Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #25

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Exceptionalism. corksean Nov 2012 #28

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Dwindling fossil fuel supply. sagat Nov 2012 #33

the 2-party political system. KG Nov 2012 #34

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Fox News is only the symptom. SmileyRose Nov 2012 #41

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Fascism disguised as "freedom". no_hypocrisy Nov 2012 #44

Pancake batter in a can. JoeyT Nov 2012 #45

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Russia...? theKed Nov 2012 #49

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Light beer. nt hack89 Nov 2012 #52

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An uneducated population. nt ladjf Nov 2012 #56

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Wealth concentration. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2012 #110

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Conservative Supreme Court Justices. (nt) Paladin Nov 2012 #141

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