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EarnestPutz

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7. Rich, but not that smart.

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2018, 12:32 AM

Aug 2018

heard him speak in Spokane. He said that he didn't like
socialism because it entailed government ownership of
everything. Confronted with evidence to the contrary, he just doubled
down and repeated his claim. He has drunk the free market Kool-Ad.

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Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming Nick Hanauer [View all] Xipe Totec Aug 2018 OP

K&R ck4829 Aug 2018 #1

He's been saying this for years (clip is 4 years old) and he knows it will never happen. PSPS Aug 2018 #2

It will never happen until it happens. nt Xipe Totec Aug 2018 #5

He's right, and I have a terrible confession to make. Glorfindel Aug 2018 #3

One of the few (so it would seem) in his crowd Turbineguy Aug 2018 #4

He starts by comparing today with 1980. What happened in 1980? Older Than I Look Aug 2018 #6

Rich, but not that smart. EarnestPutz Aug 2018 #7

You don't seem to be either, so he's one up on you nt Xipe Totec Aug 2018 #8