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MrScorpio

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3. Well, yeah... Of course!

Reply to Triana (Original post)

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 11:22 AM

Apr 2016

Last edited Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:44 PM - Edit history (1)

This is pretty much the accumulative effect of years of Reagan inspired anti-government rhetoric, as planned in the Powell Memo.

Not to mention the fact that GOPers have succeeded in instilling in the minds of people that government doesn't work by getting into government offices and not making it work. Rather than being watchdogs of business, government has become caretakers of business.

The fear of failure is palpable. We are now nothing more than an oligarchy.

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