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Pharaoh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:48 AM
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The Problem isn't Republican or Democrat
anymore, the problem is Capitalism ~ http://www.wimp.com/videobanned

Until we all start seeing what the real issue is nothing will change.

Our whole economic system is a ponzi scheme.

It's a pyramid scheme and all the money floats to the top of the pyramid. The rest of us are slaves......
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:51 AM
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1. I think the problem is unfettered, under-regulated capitalism
and also the republican party which supports such- along with part of the dem party. I support a system where some industries are nationalized but one which strongly supports small business capitalism.
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deaniac21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:57 AM
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2. You are right. It has never worked anywhere.
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Veritas_et_Aequitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 10:04 AM
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3. What we have now can't really be called capitalism or free market.
It's more like a bunch of large companies making the economy its bitch.
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 10:49 AM
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4. That's the logical of capitalism.

Ain't no anomaly, just how it works. It always seeks greater profits and it always gravitates to wards monopoly and control of the state.

The beast cannot be tamed, regulate it as the New Deal did and at the nearest opportunity it will come roaring back, as it has.

I know you've lived with it, like forever, and you can't imagine what life will be like without it but the logic of growth and the power of concentrated wealth conspire to make living with it impossible.

Kill Capitalism.
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Veritas_et_Aequitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 11:36 AM
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5. Read Adam Smith. He'd disagree with you.
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 11:52 AM
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6. How so?

What a lot of people miss is that Adam Smith was not so much prescribing as describing.
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lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 12:42 PM
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7. There is no such thing as a "Free Market"....
The playing field is permanently skewed to favor the Bankster/Gangsters.
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