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Martin68

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27. I don't believe "he was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes."

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Mon Jun 22, 2026, 01:10 PM

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Alan Greenspan, economist and longtime head of the Federal Reserve, dies at 100 [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Happy Days Are Here Again bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

About Fucking time GCG Yesterday #2

Why do people like him and Kissinger live so long? raccoon Yesterday #3

because they are ungodly wealthy and afford the best treatment. Javaman Yesterday #5

And Dick Cheney. And now Donald Trump...only 80, but who has done 100 years BComplex Yesterday #8

how about that. nt Javaman Yesterday #4

My mother taught me to speak only good of the dead. Martin Eden Yesterday #6

It should be noted... GiqueCee Yesterday #7

Ayn Rand still lives on in the republican party, and in the academia of the University of BComplex Yesterday #9

Likewise, I'm sure... GiqueCee Yesterday #12

my uncle gave me the paperbacks he bought for his wife. i tried to read atlas shrugged. i couldn't finish the1st pansypoo53219 Yesterday #29

"Rand hated altruism in any and every form, and ranted against it at every possible opportunity." BumRushDaShow Yesterday #11

Why write Rand's real name? nt SouthBayDem Yesterday #13

Why not? GiqueCee Yesterday #14

Never knew her real name mountain grammy Yesterday #16

Back in the sixties... GiqueCee Yesterday #20

Ironically radical noodle Yesterday #10

Another Ayn Rand kook that destroyed this country. Good riddance! OhioBack2Blue Yesterday #15

Greenspan read Atlas Shrugged lildDemz Yesterday #17

Yet, just another Republican popsdenver Yesterday #18

Good riddance. Aristus Yesterday #19

Let me know where they're planting him. TygrBright Yesterday #21

We Come To Bury Greenspan modrepub Yesterday #22

He caused a great deal of real harm. Chaunceuy was just a puppet. Martin68 Yesterday #28

He did a lot of economic damage. Grins Yesterday #23

RIP. He served his country the best he thought fit. Did not enriched himself question everything Yesterday #24

Here BumRushDaShow Yesterday #25

why bring image from, when 1978? And, Ayn Rand was pro choice, for what its is worth question everything Yesterday #36

Libertarians like Rand & Ron Paul and even idiots like Bill Maher, are also "pro-choice" BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #37

Hmm. PuraVidaDreamin Yesterday #26

I don't believe "he was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes." Martin68 Yesterday #27

how did he knot know INFLATION. he fucked up the social security fix BIG TIME. pansypoo53219 Yesterday #30

Fascist slime shouldn't live this long. BlueTsunami2018 Yesterday #31

Good effing riddance Wild blueberry Yesterday #32

He probably should have stuck to the clarinet n/t BaronChocula Yesterday #33

Sorry, Alan, you just couldn't put off dying forever. generalbetrayus Yesterday #34

He's one of the he-men who silenced and marginalized Brooksley Born after she.. CousinIT Yesterday #35

Here I thought guys stopped reading Ayn Rand at the age when their acne cleared up GenThePerservering 21 hrs ago #38

He gets a lot of hate, but the economy really boomed under him in the 90s Polybius 19 hrs ago #39

And then 2007 happened, leaving Bernanke with a nightmare thanks to his predecessor's policies. BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago #40

True Polybius 10 hrs ago #43

The chipping away of Dodd-Frank BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #44

Condolences to those that cared for him. Maru Kitteh 18 hrs ago #41

He's not dead. LudwigPastorius 17 hrs ago #42

Why the celebrating? The Grand Illuminist 3 hrs ago #45