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yallerdawg

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2. Did the jackass in the White House remove two regulations to get this new one?
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 11:31 AM
Mar 2017

Nothing reminds us more of the feckless lying emptiness at the core of Republicanism than when they get in power.

"Free markets, competitive markets lower costs!" - no, we're going to regulate and require specific sources contrary to our professed free market principles.

Protectionism creates artificial, exploitive price structures - are US steel pipeline materials going to go down in price when the competition is eliminated?

Let's ask the pharmaceutical companies, shall we?

Yes, this is potentially great for some American workers - but is it great for America?

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