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quaker bill

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5. Replaced is more accurate

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 08:17 AM

Dec 2012

When Mittens and his buddies started gutting companies for fun and profit back in the 1980s, Wall Street had started to replace private enterprise. Much of this was accomplished between 1980 and 1992. It just continues in a maintenance cycle today.

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