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In reply to the discussion: Bill Maher: Let's Not Romanticize Socialism The Way Conservatives Romanticize Capitalism [View all]tirebiter
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ancianita
Jun 2016
OP
Look at this graphic...then explain to me again why we can't make better spending choices.
Moostache
Jun 2016
#3
I hear ya. We spend that money abroad, build "embassies" and lily pads (naval bases on oceans) to
ancianita
Jun 2016
#4
Rand freak, Fed Chair, RR, Clinton, Bushes; Alan Greenspan believed in 'greater worker insecurity'.
appalachiablue
Jun 2016
#35
That is bullshit, Bill. Most of the country has been in a recession for over two decades.
LS_Editor
Jun 2016
#5
Yes. How dare Millennials look around at the higher quality of life elsewhere and get all uppity.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#17
He ignores economic realities and blames a generation that had nothing to do with them.
LS_Editor
Jun 2016
#21
I remember when he was a libertarian, but he wasn't an economic libertarian.
liberalnarb
Jun 2016
#41
Except he hasn't been funny since Princess Diana's Mercedes drove into a tunnel
nationalize the fed
Jun 2016
#37
Maher endorsed Sanders, but said last night he wasn't espousing Socialism, more like Santaism.
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#29
If he hadn't asked BS earlier how he'd pay for socialism, Maher's being disingenuous and silly.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#36
No, he's speaking truth to those who think the world will be better if they don't vote for HRC.
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#38
But Santaism is the wrong sell. Socialists have this pro-lap band guy on their side.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#39