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18. Trickle Down Economics are still with us. Reagan never left office.

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 10:23 PM

Oct 2013

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We'd be on the road to Somalia. BuckIA Oct 2013 #1

Yup. They'd change our name to New Somalia. nt valerief Oct 2013 #2

It would be fun to watch - from a distance ... JEFF9K Oct 2013 #3

The mind reels.. whathehell Oct 2013 #4

God that would be too scary to even think about! Initech Oct 2013 #5

It would be world portrayed in "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy kairos12 Oct 2013 #6

It would cause a second Great Depression. Taitertots Oct 2013 #7

We had one from 1981-89 and another one from 2001-2009. We know what the madinmaryland Oct 2013 #8

True! He was the original teabagger! Initech Oct 2013 #15

Trickle Down Economics are still with us. Reagan never left office. liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #18

Well, there was Bush. nt Deep13 Oct 2013 #9

I don't have to imagine it. GoCubsGo Oct 2013 #10

Kind of like this kydo Oct 2013 #11

Someday we might end up with one and then we'll see Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #12

Thread winner nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #20

Republic of Gilead comes to mind. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #13

Yep. Kind of like this. nolabear Oct 2013 #16

I'd be on the phone every night. KY5 Oct 2013 #17

I've been told the president isn't a King NoOneMan Oct 2013 #19

Clusterfuckistan. JaneyVee Oct 2013 #21

Before my time but... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #22

I can't stop shuddering. Marie Marie Oct 2013 #24

"If This Goes On—" by Robert Heinlein describes it csziggy Oct 2013 #25

"The Handmaid's Tale" The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2013 #26

THIS! procon Oct 2013 #27

Ever play Grand Theft Auto? PeteSelman Oct 2013 #28