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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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7. I went with finance

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2015, 09:40 AM

Mar 2015

because it's the tool the plutocrats use to keep the rest of us in poverty, and force us to cough up public money to bail them out where they screw up their casino. Without laws that are designed to maintain most of us in poverty, we could afford much better healthcare anyway.

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If you could take one part of the economy out of the hands of "the market", what would it be? [View all] Ken Burch Mar 2015 OP

campaign financing and lobbying Douglas Carpenter Mar 2015 #1

That ^^^^^, too! Stardust Mar 2015 #2

+1000000 woo me with science Mar 2015 #12

I voted for health care. lovemydog Mar 2015 #3

Voted for education Euphoria Mar 2015 #4

It's good that you put "the market" in quotes rogerashton Mar 2015 #5

All of them, plus... 99Forever Mar 2015 #6

I went with finance Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #7

CEO salaries. randome Mar 2015 #8

Other: All necessary infrastructure. LWolf Mar 2015 #9

And index it all to inflation. randome Mar 2015 #11

Yep. nt LWolf Mar 2015 #13

Eeyup. This is the correct answer. hifiguy Mar 2015 #16

I voted for the 'healthcare system.' We are a wealthy enough society now that universal KingCharlemagne Mar 2015 #10

If you have three Colas, and you drink one Cola, what are you left with? Refreshment! Electric Monk Mar 2015 #14

Probably best de-privatize and de-corporatize the government first TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #15