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librechik

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10. because government is the enemy of freedom

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 04:26 PM

Jan 2016

of corporations to help the people. And corporations have found a way through propaganda, corruption and so on to neutralize and weaken government's power so that it is no longer a refuge to the masses.

The EPA is like a whipped dog after generations of attack after attack.

HA! it was a conservative invention. They have come full circle.

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The EPA's Hush-Hush Response to the Flint Water Crisis [View all] Octafish Jan 2016 OP

Politics before public health: a well-functioning system. (Sarc). Nt JudyM Jan 2016 #1

They let New Orleans drown. They irradiated children. ''They'' being, of course, the US government. Octafish Jan 2016 #3

Sometimes ineptitude, sometimes intention. Reagan and AIDS, for another example. Nt JudyM Jan 2016 #4

Corporations before people. jwirr Jan 2016 #6

Yes, that too. JudyM Jan 2016 #7

Got a hunch there are hundreds of these Wellstone ruled Jan 2016 #2

Public Relations can handle anything. Octafish Jan 2016 #5

Glad you did this repost of the facts. Wellstone ruled Jan 2016 #8

''National Guard to Flint''...so far 7 (seven) total. Octafish Jan 2016 #20

...! KoKo Jan 2016 #21

They run it like a business ... GeorgeGist Jan 2016 #9

This all part and parcel Wellstone ruled Jan 2016 #13

Neo-liberalism on steroids malaise Jan 2016 #14

because government is the enemy of freedom librechik Jan 2016 #10

I'm so old I remember when government was We the People. Octafish Jan 2016 #15

WTF? Omaha Steve Jan 2016 #11

We the People don't even fit into the equation during the wealthiest times in human history. Octafish Jan 2016 #16

yep G_j Jan 2016 #12

EPA stayed silent on Flint’s tainted water Octafish Jan 2016 #17

This country seems to live on reduced standards year after year. Rex Jan 2016 #18

The greatest wealth in human history squandered on the friends of Reagan. Octafish Jan 2016 #19