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11. Thatcher wasn't exactly a step forward for the UK.

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 08:58 AM

Aug 2015

Just being a woman is no guarantee of beneficial results.

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I cannot do it. [View all] HughBeaumont Aug 2015 OP

THIS ^ HughBeaumont Aug 2015 #5

I think many people are fooling themselves. jalan48 Aug 2015 #3

Well at least all if the House and a third of the Senate TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #13

That would depend.... daleanime Aug 2015 #15

Yep. One man or woman isn't enough. HughBeaumont Aug 2015 #19

Thatcher wasn't exactly a step forward for the UK. jeff47 Aug 2015 #11

It's a big club and we're not in it - TBF Aug 2015 #4

...and it's all bullshit. L0oniX Aug 2015 #21

Who's asking you to? If it's a Democrat, shouldn't this be in GD:P? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #7

No candidates or parties are mentioned. HughBeaumont Aug 2015 #8

If you feel that's what even Bernie Sanders is standing for, muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #9

I don't feel that. HughBeaumont Aug 2015 #12

+1 n/t area51 Aug 2015 #28

"This economic platform seems to be ubiquitous, no matter if it's a President ... muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #31

Neo-liberalism s what it's called and both sides are into it. haikugal Aug 2015 #27

Someone's done a switcheroo. Octafish Aug 2015 #10

And the people who tell those stories always leave one tiny detail out jmowreader Aug 2015 #24

In some cases we don't have a choice d_legendary1 Aug 2015 #17

And I'm with you madokie Aug 2015 #25

I never wonder why people rob banks. L0oniX Aug 2015 #20

But that's any system that doesn't change how currency works. Shandris Aug 2015 #22

More likely they will say: Are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons? -nt Liberal Veteran Aug 2015 #23

They want you to buy a house but never pay it off. demigoddess Aug 2015 #26