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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:25 AM Original message |
Your Ideas, Please , DU....What Can Be Done (Right Now) To Save Our Economy? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Annex China? |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Ouch. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Just a thought. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
157. They might be annexing us |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. Conserve energy at home and work. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. Eat the rich. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
34. We'll start with Bill Gates, although I suspect he'll be a bit 'stringy'. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. I understand babies make a tasty and economical meal |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. Elect a Democrat and stop spending like a "Drunken Sailor" |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
69. I don't know about that. I oppose the "Blue Dog" Democrats, who want to cut |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. This will sound absurd, but honestly; limit the importation of plastic to half the current level |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Really? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Seriously. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. An excellent point. Is this a common school of thought , or your own idea? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. Just one rambling thought from a babbling idiot. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
79. On the contrary, I think that's a fine idea that really ought to be passed along to someone |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
68. I see you dusted off the PHd in economics....... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
124. Plus, it might eliminate all that excess packaging and those gawdawful |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. Revive the manufacturing base |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The great lakes area plastics manufacturing industry used to be huge |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. And with my plan, it could be again |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
104. Plastics . . . are poisoning the planet --- let's reverse plastic . . . |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #104 |
169. Problem: everything now made from plastic was once made of... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #169 |
173. Yes. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. And close those "Post Office Box Banks" in the Caymans. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
51. Even having our war toys made entirely in this country would help. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
106. Let's stop buying "war toys" --- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
105. Start taxing American corporations again --- in fact, don't let them back in --- !!! |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Absolutely agree. This is essential! |
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CelticWinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. I agree and |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. Let's make stuff again... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Workers would be making things if we weren't importing so much (plastic) |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. I heard there's great future in plastics... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Yes! (nt) |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
108. Block the corporations who took their manufacturing OUT of America from returning . . . |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
156. I absolutely agree with you. I've been thinking about this for a long time. |
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judy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
10. Stop the useless wars |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. This would be my first action, if I were in charge: immediately pull troops out of Iraq. |
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judy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
130. Maybe there would be a way to stop this from happening... |
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The River (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. Freeze Energy Prices |
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Red Knight (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. Create another bubble |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
15. It's a giant swindling machine or Ponzi Scheme. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
89. You're on the right track. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
166. exactly |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. ummm....what economy? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. Restructure taxes to their 60's level. |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
23. Re-introduce regulations, get rid of the tax cuts, start jobs programs - |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
24. Nothing. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. I thing four major thrusts. First, an FDR-style public works initiative. |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
59. Just curious... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Sure. But remember there's more than one kind of deficit. |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. FDR used deficit spending to create jobs and build infrastucture |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Exactly. |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. And returned to progressive taxation |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. OK, OK-- |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Progressive taxation engages the working and middle classes in the economy |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
72. Probably the best overall answer. But you forget progressive taxation |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
126. We arre sorta thinking along the same lines-see post #125. n/t |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. Tax the rich and not the poor, no more money to Iraq profiteers, start social programs |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
28. Wage and price controls. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. You might want to go back and see how things went when Nixon suggested that. |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
73. I remember. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
30. End the war. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
93. Get out of Iraq. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
32. Hard regulation changes for banking, credit cards, energy health care industries |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
35. Haven't you been paying attention? |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. Just a suggestion, don't know if it is doable, though |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. Short term, not much |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
71. D. No - E. Hell No! |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. You can't continue giving benefits at 65 & 67 |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #81 |
95. I have two more years to go now before I can retire. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #81 |
181. problem: no one wants to hire those over 50. What then? |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
92. OmahaBlueDog, you are true to your name. I heard these "Blue Dogs" on C-Span |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #92 |
128. I'd pretty much rather have root canal than watch C-Span |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #128 |
160. It was the day after the Nov 06 election. I was very excited about the Democratic sweep. |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #160 |
179. That's lovely.. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #179 |
184. The goal should not be cutting the deficit, the goal should be stimulating |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. Destroy the Federal Reserve System |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. What a horrible, horrible idea |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Exactly |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Never said to go back to the gold standard |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. quote "Since the dollar isn't backed by precious metals anymore" |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Check out the article in the NYT magazine about the SC |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Point taken! Bad example, huh? |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Heehee... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Actually, 'far-right wing nutjobs' established the Federal Reserve |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
91. And as per usual, you get Crickets when you post something like this. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. The Fed was set up for the benefit of private banks. Period. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. No, it wasn't |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #91 |
100. Perhaps you hear crickets because |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
98. Far right nutjobs like Woodrow Wilson & Democratic Congress of 1913 & FDR? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. You know about Jekyll Island, right? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. And you know about the 1913 Democratic Congress, right? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #103 |
138. It was a Democratic Congress, but just as we can plainly see today, |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 04:17 AM Response to Reply #138 |
147. But once again, you get Crickets from the poster who thinks he knows everything about the Fed. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #147 |
168. I hope so too. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. With Bush in office, nothing. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
43. Quit pretending that Wall Street is the be-all and end-all of human existence |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
45. find a country with vast reserves of Euros |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #45 |
154. If by invade, you mean dropping things that go Kablooey, and if by... |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
47. Oh, that's easy! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
48. i have several ideas |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
52. import tariffs and much higher minimum wage. nt |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Yep, protectionism got us where we were, and globalism will just keep screwing us. nt |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. A little protectionism is a good thing. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
61. How about more recs for this great thread? I love seeing all the good ideas here! (nt) |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Here´s a kick so that you can keep enjoying this thread. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
63. Right now? Nothing. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
64. Lower the god damn gas prices. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
65. INVEST IN A NEW NEW DEAL |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
67. You want to save this blood sucking monster? |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
74. Only Impeachment (yes, really) |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
75. raise wages, control prices on health insurance until reform is in place |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
76. End Bush's illegal wars. We need to STOP the |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
77. Stop the war, which is costing $250 million a day, that's $1 billion every 4 days |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
83. Get the fuck out of Iraq, re-establish our manufacturing base, |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
84. Form communes? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. Best answer yet |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #90 |
172. The part about not asking me? |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #84 |
109. Communes have always fallen apart. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #109 |
182. so have empires... jus' sayin'... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
85. Ideas are fine but good ones must be implemented. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
87. How about.... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
88. Dissolve the Federal Reserve, withdraw from the IMF, close all of the military bases |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #88 |
97. If we get rid of the Federal Reserve, we'll see investment banks and |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #97 |
118. The whole central banking system is a blatant Ponzi scheme and it's collapse |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #118 |
144. Which section and article of the Constitution is |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #144 |
145. Section 8. n/t |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 07:03 AM Response to Reply #145 |
149. Which edition of the Constitution do you have |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #149 |
161. Sorry, I thought that would be enough, here's a link to an online version. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #161 |
175. That is a broad interpretation of "mandating an economic system" |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #175 |
180. That is completely beside the point, as is quibbling over the wording of |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #88 |
111. ALL of that and STOP the FED from printing money --- |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #111 |
120. Exactly. There is a very long list of things, in addition to those I listed, that needs to happen. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #120 |
141. The owners of the country are way ahead of us in pre-planning . . . |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
94. Pull the plug on Capitalism. It has *no* unique virtues, but one gigantic, unique fault |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #94 |
112. Capitalism is a ridiculous "KIng-of-the-Hill-System" ..... it's over . . . or it will kill us ---- |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #94 |
177. up the minimum wage to $50/hr. N/T |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
96. Eventually, We have to Pay Up |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #96 |
114. Bankrupting the Treasury is TREASON . . . impeach Bush --- |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
107. lower the national debt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
110. NATIONALIZE THE OIL INDUSTRY . . . anyone miss the fact of what this possibly 100 year war is about? |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
113. Elect an intelligent President... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
115. Leave IRAQ and Afghanistan immediately . .. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
116. Move our currency from dollars to EUROS . . . !!! |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #116 |
123. You wouldn't be allowed in - too much debt, for one thing. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #123 |
135. Americans can move what they have to EUROS . . . why not? |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
117. Sad thing is, without a revolution, the wealthy, powerful, elite... |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #117 |
131. the majority of people will die to defend the rights of the corporations |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
119. Put all our money in weed. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
121. And legalize marijuana production and consumption (seriously) |
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pathansen (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
122. Tax Super Rich - This seemed to help during Clinton Adm. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
125. I've posted this before with only one or two responses: |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #125 |
153. I like your National Prize idea |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #153 |
155. They would be seen as far from mild by the ruling elite |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
127. Anyone collecting the ideas here and putting it up as a poll? |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
129. The US economy is sick, but it isn't dead |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. Let me guess, you work in the financial industry. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #132 |
139. guilty |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 04:06 AM Response to Reply #139 |
146. Thank you, I appreciate your forthrightness. n/t |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
133. Impeachment. nt |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
134. Everyone Accepts Reduced Investment Income in Favor of Debt Payment, CEOs Go Back to Making 400k |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. I definitely agree with you on the CEO pay. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
136. Public works projects to rebuild infrastructure. Start making and building shit. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
140. In a word, Nothing. The downward spiral has begun and it is rolling to fast to be stopped. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. This time . . . let's not bail out capitalism nor capitalists. . . which means, STOP the FED --- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. The Congress has to assume responsibility for these political decisions by the FED --- |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
148. a three-part plan . . . |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
150. Maybe if we threw it down a well, or abducted it in Aruba, it would FINALLY GET ON THE F%#@ing NEWS |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
151. Tax the rich, end the war, stop bailing out the corporate whores! |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
152. Simple - Get back control of our essential economy |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
158. Massive investment in infrastructure, plus |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
159. End NAFTA. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
162. Out of Iraq. Cut the Military budget by 70%. End the drug war. Legalize & TAX Marijuana. SPHC system |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
163. Jail the current cabal and disband the GOP. |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
164. Well now that the dollar is worth shit |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
165. Regulate the market. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
167. a moritorium on forclosures and an across the board interest rate cut for consumers. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
170. raise wages and salaries |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
171. Let people deduct the interest they pay on their home. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
174. Invading Canada doesn't seem like such a crazy idea at the moment |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
176. Elect Ralph Nader N/T |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
178. Nationalize all natural resources, start a massive WPA type alternative energy |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
183. Study what FDR did (that worked) and repeat--why struggle for "new" programs? |
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