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BlueinOhio

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15. History lesson

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 10:54 AM

Nov 2013

The Communist Control Act (68 Stat. 775, 50 U.S.C. 841-844) communist party was made illegal in the USA. The NAZIs and fascists both fought the communists and banished unions as well as creating a police state. We fought against that during WWII but after the war did not make either one of those groups illegal.

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Government jobs tend to be good jobs. Laelth Nov 2013 #3

Absolutely … 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #22

Spot on. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #23

Make illegal BlueinOhio Nov 2013 #4

Except for that pesky freedom of speech and freedom of assembly... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #6

Yes, of course, but restrictions on campaign contributions and the outright buying mountain grammy Nov 2013 #10

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History lesson BlueinOhio Nov 2013 #15

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or theocracy. n/t factsarenotfair Nov 2013 #8

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"Smaller government" is freedom... JHB Nov 2013 #25