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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Tue Dec 13, 2016, 12:04 PM Dec 2016

Socialism [View all]

It won't be socialism that comes to decimate our veteran health benefits and retirements, our Social Security and Medicare, our public employee retirements, our social safety nets,...through privatization.

No, it will be capitalism via the Wall St investor-class hungry for wider profit margins feeding at the public money trough.
That is who wants their hands on our public Commons. Our tax dollar pool.

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Socialism [View all] SHRED Dec 2016 OP

Remember W wanted to privatize Soc Sec? BSdetect Dec 2016 #1

It took a lot of the Democratic Party base SCREAMING at Democratic pols and melting the phones yurbud Dec 2016 #19

It's a word ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #2

I didn't see in my post... SHRED Dec 2016 #4

I was just commenting in general because it was in quotes ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #5

Yeah I'll remove the quotes SHRED Dec 2016 #7

The VA is just one example of how socialism works. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #8

Problem isn't the concept ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #9

The GOP wins in part because it successfully frames the issues. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #11

Intellectual arguments just cause regular people's ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #12

But at the same time that we appeal to the average, we must guillaumeb Dec 2016 #16

The average will always outnumber the above average ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #20

Do you have ANY ideas? moda253 Dec 2016 #22

What did I poo on? ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #23

Acquiescing to the lowest common denominator LanternWaste Dec 2016 #17

It's not acquiescing to the lowest common denominator ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #18

That's already accomplished BainsBane Dec 2016 #3

Not to mention our highways (get ready to pay tolls to use all highways), National Parks (Camping world wide wally Dec 2016 #6

Capitalism brooklynite Dec 2016 #10

In spite of... SHRED Dec 2016 #13

You're entitled to believe that...doesn't change the fact that FDR and LBJ were capitalists. brooklynite Dec 2016 #14

It also doesn't change the fact . . . HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #15

Bears make money deaniac21 Dec 2016 #21