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uppityperson

(115,677 posts) Thu Jan 18, 2018, 11:03 PM Jan 2018

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George Takei on shutting down the gvt

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Shutting down government...does that include brutal ICE raids, an EPA that denies climate change, an Interior Dept that wants to drill in the Arctic Wildlife Preserve, so that we can give Dreamers a path to citizenship and fund children health insurance? Sounds like a win-win.

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George Takei on shutting down the gvt (Original Post) uppityperson Jan 2018 OP

I love him! nt Phoenix61 Jan 2018 #1

They never shut down the bad stuff. Just the good. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #2

And that is the crux of it. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2018 #3

Kick...n/t Upthevibe Jan 2018 #4

Money for the rich is never shut down. Socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #5

Phoenix61

(17,000 posts)

1. I love him! nt

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Thu Jan 18, 2018, 11:04 PM

Jan 2018

Irish_Dem

(46,914 posts)

2. They never shut down the bad stuff. Just the good. nt

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Thu Jan 18, 2018, 11:04 PM

Jan 2018

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)

3. And that is the crux of it.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:37 AM

Jan 2018

Those most affected by it are the ones that can least afford it.

Upthevibe

(8,035 posts)

4. Kick...n/t

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Fri Jan 19, 2018, 02:01 AM

Jan 2018

Irish_Dem

(46,914 posts)

5. Money for the rich is never shut down. Socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor.

Reply to BobTheSubgenius (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 09:13 AM

Jan 2018

(Quote from Martin Luther King)

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