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In reply to the discussion: Pete Peterson bankrolled debunked austerity study, could make billions off safety net privatization [View all]marmar
(77,056 posts)66. There's always someone waiting to profit on misery......
....... or as Chris Hedges says, there trying to take as much as they can as fast as they can before it all falls apart.
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Pete Peterson bankrolled debunked austerity study, could make billions off safety net privatization [View all]
HomerRamone
Apr 2013
OP
How so? THIS Blue Team has offered up and handed over unasked, that which...
TheMadMonk
Apr 2013
#51
That's just it, we are all supposed to treat our 2 parties like teams so we will get carried away
Dustlawyer
Apr 2013
#20
I agree to the extent that it will take a HUGE number of people marching and holding out
Dustlawyer
Apr 2013
#42
May I remind everyone that Pete Peterson headed the committee that picked Timothy
JDPriestly
Apr 2013
#22
Is this the same Blackstone Group which is buying up foreclosed single family homes? nt
avgjo
Apr 2013
#32
Some of these people had dreams of reversing ALL of FDR's New Deal under Ike...
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#36
He's worse. He has the president of the United States and Congress wrapped around his finger. n/t
duffyduff
Apr 2013
#54
It doen't matter what "math" and "facts" say: this President stands firm.
MannyGoldstein
Apr 2013
#47
is there any idea too stupid or destructive that our politicians won't enact if the price is right?
yurbud
Apr 2013
#49
This story was posted early Sunday. I want to kick it again. It is huge to my mind.
JDPriestly
Apr 2013
#68