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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 12:29 AM
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So it's okay to borrow, funnel money to the richest people in the country...
But if you try to build a road, increase unemployment benefits or cut taxes for the majority of spenders in this country and raise taxes on only the very wealthiest people you are going to bring the country to it's knees...

Answer me this, Mr or Ms Republican, who is accepting a bail out from the federal government now? Who created this crisis in confidence in our markets? Who is stubbornly sticking to the trickle down theory of economic stimulus when even the grand phubha of conservatism, Alan Greenspan, calls it an economic debacles.

YOu got it. John McCain and his friends on the straight over the abyss express...
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 12:38 AM
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1. Of course! We all know that it will eventually...
trickle down. ;)
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 12:42 AM
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2. But it's yellow and warm....
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 12:45 AM
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3. Socialism for the corporations GOOD.
Socialism for the people BAD.

:sarcasm:
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 12:49 AM
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4. American Corporatism = Corporate Communism
A government for big business, supported by the people.
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 12:52 AM
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6. Well said.
Edited on Tue Sep-16-08 12:53 AM by avaistheone1
Mighty and very frightening.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 12:51 AM
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5. My solution to this problem and to world hunger.
Soylent Red!

"It's made from Republicans. From Rich Republicans!!!"

:evilgrin:
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 01:53 AM
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7. The Cholesterol Levels Would be Off the Charts!
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 02:11 AM
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8. Good touch...
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