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In reply to the discussion: US troops won't get paid during shutdown: Pentagon [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)48. Rush Limbaugh Attacks Police and Firefighters for Contributing Nothing to the Economy
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002797995
What is quoted in that OP is exactly what baggers and libertarians believe.
And yes, they would 'let it all burn' to make a point.
They want civil society to be destroyed. They want coroporatist rule.
And they are very close to getting it as public sector workers are demonized and the privatization forces are applauded.
Privatization is economic apartheid, make no mistake about it.
We better get our act together and support those who are for civil society. It has well-funded enemies who would profit directly from its demise.
What is quoted in that OP is exactly what baggers and libertarians believe.
And yes, they would 'let it all burn' to make a point.
They want civil society to be destroyed. They want coroporatist rule.
And they are very close to getting it as public sector workers are demonized and the privatization forces are applauded.
Privatization is economic apartheid, make no mistake about it.
We better get our act together and support those who are for civil society. It has well-funded enemies who would profit directly from its demise.
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'...couldn't enter into most new contracts...' The repuke's donors will be screaming now.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#2
Woohoo! Lapel pins was his jobs plan huh? A smokescreen for his jobs plan in China...
freshwest
Sep 2013
#16
Rush Limbaugh Attacks Police and Firefighters for Contributing Nothing to the Economy
freshwest
Sep 2013
#48
Lots of troops will get evicted from rentals, be foreclosed upon, have cars repossessed...
jmowreader
Sep 2013
#14
And don't forget their children who will lose their friends and schools from moving. These disasters
freshwest
Sep 2013
#17
It'll be just like dumping a million-plus people on the unemployment line...
jmowreader
Sep 2013
#20
That sounds like justice, but they have plausible deniability. 'Ooh, we were only kidding!'
freshwest
Sep 2013
#23
Nutmeg, I know the above poster is being sarcastic. At least one can hope.
Nanjing to Seoul
Sep 2013
#26
Yeah, they had enough extra for an entire war, but can't pay the troops... Wretch.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#27
Right. The money evaporates because of your sentence, lol. Where does it go?
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#42
Hmm. Men with guns and hungry families. When's the last time that combination ended well? n/t
sarge43
Sep 2013
#31
Nope, it doesn't work that way. And the GOP wants to follow their role models in Russia:
freshwest
Sep 2013
#47