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Art_from_Ark

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5. Certainly no one in Japan is profiting from nuclear power right now

Reply to Fledermaus (Reply #4)

Sat May 12, 2012, 12:06 AM

May 2012

And Japan is a little different from the US-- there is greater expectation here in Japan for everyone to help in pulling through hardships like this, and the rich don't get a free ride.

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Japan to Nationalize Fukushima Utility [View all] Fledermaus May 2012 OP

Privatize the profits, socialize the losses. n/t PoliticAverse May 2012 #1

So the whole nation can get in on paying the loses. What a wonderful thing. teddy51 May 2012 #2

There's really not much else the government can do Art_from_Ark May 2012 #3

The average person in Japan will pay, but there is a small group that has profited from nuclear power Fledermaus May 2012 #4

Certainly no one in Japan is profiting from nuclear power right now Art_from_Ark May 2012 #5