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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:32 AM Original message |
OK, what corporations would be Nationalized in your |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Only things that are required for a sustainable life |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. The energy industry (ESPECIALLY oil) should be heavily regulated |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think the correct term is Nationalize, not socialize...what ever that means??? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. Reasonable regulation is not an undue, evil scary liberal crime. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. What do you mean by "socialized"? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. You're right. Brain fart. I'd nationalize Amtrak and other |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Well, as I stated, I'd certainly enact laws that prevented abuses. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. or at least enforce our existing laws. n/t |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Nationalize the electric grid! |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I think that's "regulation." |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. No. It is called, "law",...unless you want to apply the "regulation" meme to ALL citizens. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well, most Utilities already are socialized, being owned by cities and counties in many areas... |
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Chimpy McCokespoon (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. I would nationalize the banks. Create a real central banking system. |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. Socialize is the wrong word--the right word is "deprivatize" |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. In my Utopia, everything would be public or "socialized." |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. these: |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Water, Gas, Electric, Communications. Just the basics. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. Nationalized? |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Question about energy |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. Pharma & Energy/Utils for sure. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. Any enterprise requiring an 'easement' - utilities, telecom, energy, airlines. |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. Essential utilities |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. Prisons! |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Another vote for prisons. And for all water utilities |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. I'm comprehensively opposed to the privateering of government functions. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. energy if they keep working against our best interests |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. Energy and healthcare. |
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TimBean (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. Nationalize everything |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. those necessary for general well-being. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. Pharmaceuticals, Energy, Defense-related |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. The banks. As these control capital and decide where to lend, everything else follows. n/t |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. General Electric and the energy industry. |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. In general, natural monopolies |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Utilities, for sure. They are more accurately called "life's necessities". |
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Mutineer (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. You're kidding right? |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Hugo y Fidel are suspending all future stipends, effective now! |
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