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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:30 PM Original message |
Libertarian economist says the average citizen is too "uneducated" to be allowed to vote |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. there was a day when anti-democracy sentiment like that |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Fuck libertarians |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yep. But he'll take his mortgage tax break and his Social Security check, and |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. A day in the life of Joe Republican |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. What a great post! Thank you. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No, I didn't write it and wish I would have initially said so. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Thanks a lot, Lasher. Over & out. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. I'm bookmarking that |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I appreciate that feedback. |
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water (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. That logic could go the other way, of course... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. False dilemma |
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water (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. It's not a false dilema... huh? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I agree with that. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. kick |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Being a citizen transcends being a consumer. Many people seem to me to have forgotten this. |
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slor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Thank you for that... |
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water (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. Let's be honest... |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. When was the last time that an election reflected the popular vote? n/t |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. If that happened who'd be left to vote Libertarian? |
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RedStateShame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
10. How's this for a compromise? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Ha :) |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. ReagaBushnomics works if you're a well-monied bastard like Jack Welch. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. Libertarians are too ignorant to vote. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
20. I don't think people in Florida should vote |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
21. Economists are, in my limited experience, some of the most arrogant |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. Government by the educated means government for the educated. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. The true answer is education, not voter supression. |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. I used to work with alot of economists with similar beliefs |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. The sentiment that the people are "sheeple" or don't understand the issues, or are |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. only nazi's need apply. nt |
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divinecommands (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Your interpretation of Caplan is simply wrong |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. *cough*...*chuckle* |
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divinecommands (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Still got it wrong |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Basically, it someone is in favor of these "free" trade agreements... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. The mask is off |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. My grandfather called them... |
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