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WhaTHellsgoingonhere

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

Reply to JNathanK (Reply #14)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 11:44 PM

Feb 2012

I have a friend who said virtually those words. He "explained" to me that the problem was that Greenspan tinkered in the economy too much. Greenspan should have followed his own doctrine and stayed out of the markets all together.

I'm sorry, Libertarian Randian, but did you say something about accountability and personal responsibility?

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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

Is "socailism" a peculiar term for regulation and structural safeguards? JHB Feb 2012 #8

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

It's this simple: world-wide greed and corruption, no regulation, and fat cats not paying taxes... nanabugg Feb 2012 #6

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

Bingo! Deregulation.. DianaForRussFeingold Feb 2012 #11

There's actually a number of tea party candidates that openly cite her as an inspiration. JNathanK Feb 2012 #16

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