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In reply to the discussion: 'Privatize' is doublespeak for 'Looting'. [View all]Baitball Blogger
(47,504 posts)32. And its wayward cousins: fraud, conspiracy and coverups.
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Excellent post. That should be the start of a new thread. If you post it as a new thread,
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#52
Righto. If you see "reform", "strengthen", "reinvest in" lock up the silver. "Healthy Poverty" is
appalachiablue
Jan 2015
#22
You can BET they're gonna try to "improve" Social Security under Hillary.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#49
I'm on Social Security, and that is one reason that I will not vote for Hillary.
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#53
senior moment -- what was the term for hiring political supporters, before the civil service act?
unblock
Jan 2015
#10
Yep, Tammany Hall which lasted into the 20th c., with 1930s Fiorello LaGuardia & others. Thought
appalachiablue
Jan 2015
#56
patronage was what i was thinking of. piratizing gets around the civil service laws
unblock
Jan 2015
#30
It's also double speak for "zero regulations, accountability, oversight, or ethics."
Initech
Jan 2015
#14