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11. Bingo! Deregulation..

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 11:18 PM

Feb 2012

...of markets,banks,housing,oil Companies, Etc...

"Their actions in overturning Glass-Steagall and removing other protections led directly to the financial collapse of 2008."
Rachel Maddow Show:

Their Hero Ayn Rand...
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Democrats must pin the global economic collapse... [View all] WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2012 OP

free market libertarians caused the global economic collapse? mdmc Feb 2012 #1

Yes. JHB Feb 2012 #2

long live socailism mdmc Feb 2012 #3

regulation and safeguards mdmc Feb 2012 #9

fraud is perfectly acceptable... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2012 #4

are all free traders "libertarians"? mdmc Feb 2012 #10

More accurate to say, all Libertarians are free market zealots WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2012 #13

thanks for the reply mdmc Feb 2012 #15

thank you, friend! WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2012 #17

and, 2. not accept Wall Street worship themselves MisterP Feb 2012 #5

the flawed thinking of The Wizard of Libertarians and Randians WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2012 #7

Bingo! Deregulation.. DianaForRussFeingold Feb 2012 #11

I'm reading "Pity the Billionaire" by Thomas Frank.. Bigmack Feb 2012 #12

They're like Marxist-Leninist idealogues in reverse. JNathanK Feb 2012 #14

"Their solution is that their ideology hasn't been applied strictly enough." WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2012 #18