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Fire Walk With Me

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9. When will Mr. Krugman etc. GET that we are dealing with destroyers seeking to turn a profit through
Fri May 17, 2013, 09:45 AM
May 2013

destruction. "Disaster Capitalism". Look at W Bush's business efforts in life and you'll see a clear trend of profiting from destruction. Same with his brother Neil. Add in Wall Street and it's game over. "Debt is their business model." -The 99% Illuminator, a projection upon a Wells Fargo.

Now look at the Bush War debt. Trillions. This debt is a weapon which will be used to destroy this country, so that more power can be grabbed (by those who created this very emergency) and so resources can be grabbed and sold for personal profit. Look at the "emergency manager" smash-and-grab scam going on in Michigan via the Koch bros' own stealth "tea party" candidate, Michigan governor Rick Snyder. This is what awaits the entire country, and those who will profit wildly, unimaginably, from making this nation into a market, into a commodity to be sold off just like the vulture capitalists of the 80s did with failing corporations ala the film "Wall Street"...greed is good!

It is utterly unreasonable to project "our" ethics and sensibilities upon them. They are predators and destroyers, and highly effective ones at that. Does anyone else remember W Bush touring the nation for months on end saying social security was in imminent danger of collapse (echoes of post-9/11 Iraq propaganda) and must be turned over to Wall Street to survive? TO WALL STREET!?

This is the way of it.

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"We're" doing badly because the folks with the power want the 99% to do badly MannyGoldstein May 2013 #1
Exactly. Nt abelenkpe May 2013 #8
He's making an odd argument - that stimulus works, but that we're still doing "really badly." reformist2 May 2013 #2
The amount of stimulus we have is insulting. It is works as well as a band-aide for a broken back.nm rhett o rick May 2013 #5
this post is not complete without reading more of his posts BootinUp May 2013 #6
I've read enough to know that he's spending most of his time battling the austerians. reformist2 May 2013 #7
Du rec. Nt xchrom May 2013 #3
The ruling Elite 1% have figured out how to transfer wealth directly from the 99% to themselves. rhett o rick May 2013 #4
When will Mr. Krugman etc. GET that we are dealing with destroyers seeking to turn a profit through Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #9
That's what Prof Krugman won't talk about because he is an academic economist and byeya May 2013 #12
Well, I thought so too. The I read this bit from him, about The Shock Doctrine BelgianMadCow May 2013 #14
So there's a chance he'll see when he eventually is forced to connect the dots Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #16
Well, the fact that he is at least willing to concede maybe having blinders on BelgianMadCow May 2013 #19
I wish I had a thousand recs! I see all the supplysiders mystified their theories aren't working on point May 2013 #10
They are not mystified - they are simply thinking closeupready May 2013 #11
The focus should have been on creating jobs all along AndyA May 2013 #13
winter is already here, paul. HiPointDem May 2013 #15
The problem is that the people responsible for the disaster think they can ride it out. winter is coming May 2013 #17
k&r Electric Monk May 2013 #18
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