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Victor_c3

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6. I don't believe they even want to govern

Reply to kentuck (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 10:26 AM

Mar 2017

They'd love to dismantle it all, except for the law enforcement and military part and let everything else be run by unbridled capitalism.

Them failing and proving that government doesn't work gives them more reason to dismantle it.

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Paul Krugman: A Party Not Ready to Govern [View all] babylonsister Mar 2017 OP

Good observations roscoeroscoe Mar 2017 #1

It's because capitalism, left to its own devices, creates the society that the Republicans' masters ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #2

I have but one word to offer to your description of the future Friend or Foe Mar 2017 #10

Thank you so much for that concise explanation, I wish disalitervisum Mar 2017 #11

It's why GHWBush called Reagan's tax structure ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #16

Absolutely. My first thought on waking this a.m. was "are we just going to let them kill everything JudyM Mar 2017 #13

More concise terms you're saying that is no actual effective party working for the common person? nolabels Mar 2017 #15

I suppose it depends on your definition of "effective" ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #17

I agree but would also say.... nolabels Mar 2017 #18

What happens when there's no one left to buy Crunchy Frog Mar 2017 #19

on that day, my dear Frog, the sky will open up, ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #20

n/t babylonsister Mar 2017 #3

Amen to that! kentuck Mar 2017 #4

I don't believe they even want to govern Victor_c3 Mar 2017 #6

K & R SunSeeker Mar 2017 #5

It began a long time ago mountain grammy Mar 2017 #7

They've gone from greedy unscrupulous bastards to raving meth-addled sadists. lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #8

Wow! Paul Krugman is right on the money! Nitram Mar 2017 #9

The Gang that Could Not Shoot Straight Scarsdale Mar 2017 #12

The authoritarian mindset that comprises a republican Nac Mac Feegle Mar 2017 #14