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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:28 AM Original message |
Well, duh!--- Baby Boomers - Ripped Off By Ronald Reagan (Matt Taibbi/RS) |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. But he was a REAL American who recognized that government was the problem, righhhht? ;-) n.t |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. In this case, Reagan was right. |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. As well as illegally funding the Contra war, allowing CIA "contractors' to deal coke, etc. n.t |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. And this from P.J. O'Rourke... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Correction - EVERYONE (but the wealthy) was ripped off by Reagan. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And his admirers. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. As I have long proffered on this board: Greenspan, a name that will live in |
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voteearlyvoteoften (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. am kick |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. recommend |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. There are moments when I find Taibbi irritating |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. And this is how SS is tied to the deficit. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well said. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Ya know the REALLY bad thing about corps not standing by their.......... |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Fascism really is all about rich people being able to steal everybody |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. K&R |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You may be looking for another source of blame |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The "government can't do anything right" argument fails for many reasons |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
14. Does anybody in this thread realize there are US treasury bonds in the SS trust fund? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. That's what I have read consistently here |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
17. Another excellent article by Matt Taibbi! Describes what bugs me so well. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah, this has to be the greatest ripoff of the American citizens............ |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. well yes and no |
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mrarundale (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. ZZZZ. He's so good at reporting old news |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. can I tell you something about Reagan? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Reagan didn't want mathematicians |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. My mother said he would ruin her old age - she didn't realize |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. Reagan was just the fart from satan's ass, bush was the real turd... |
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