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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:18 PM Original message |
Poll question: What do you think is the #1 cause for our economic problems? |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Deregulation followed by a tsunami of GREED |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Greed |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Seconded without any doubt. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Third. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. greed will always be with us |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. People can cooperate for greedy reasons |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. right |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. The cause of every financial crisis |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. $580,000,000 Iraq war, tax cuts, and deregulation. n/t |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Greed unfettered by even an ounce of morality or scale. nt |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Other: the entire GOP ideology. n/t |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. their ideology is nothing new |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You can also blame a licensing system that allows such bad roofers. n/t |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. corruption you mean? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I'm not very good with analogies; I'm still working on lipsticks and pigs. n/t |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. let's try again |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Other" Rampant fascism n/t |
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progressive_realist (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Tax cuts for the rich and capital gains tax cuts |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. if you only had |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. No, no, no. This neodepression is caused by MORE than deregulation! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Politics as usual. Screwing the people and telling them it's for their own good. |
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VeggieTart (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't think you can say there's a number one cause |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. 28 consecutive years of policies designed to fuck the middle class |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. yes |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. Other: 30 years of depressed wage growth coupled with increased personal credit |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. Greed + deregulation. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. According to McCain its Obama's fault just like the extinction of the dinosaurs |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
23. Another vote for "greed" here |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Greed is a given; that's why we need regulations n/t |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. That's right. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. Reaganomics |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
31. Laissez Faire! |
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quartz (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
33. Entitlement. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
34. All of the above including the Bush tax cuts, the War in Iraq and |
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