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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sneering at "free stuff" is a vicious Repuke attack on the very idea of public goods. [View all]griloco
(832 posts)11. I don't know about youse guys....
but I'm getting a free wall ...
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Sneering at "free stuff" is a vicious Repuke attack on the very idea of public goods. [View all]
eridani
Feb 2016
OP
Bernie's campaign was not ever about free stuff, but always about corruption. Those sneering at
Jefferson23
Feb 2016
#1
I hear you, he talks primarily about what blocks our efforts. A constant uphill battle
Jefferson23
Feb 2016
#42
It's weird that it's "free stuff" when the money goes to the general public
winter is coming
Feb 2016
#4
If your house catches fire, a capitalist wouldn't care, if it ignites his, he does.
HereSince1628
Feb 2016
#7
IMO wherever market incentives don't work private enterprise/free markets shouldn't
HereSince1628
Feb 2016
#34
I had a conservative tell me today that taxes pay for roads and schools and that is not
AllyCat
Feb 2016
#8
The folks with jobs pay taxes to educate kids that will become folks with jobs
bigbrother05
Feb 2016
#13
We don't teach civics in school anymore so the concept of The Commons is being lost.
CrispyQ
Feb 2016
#18
It makes me loathe Clinton even more than I already did that she inspires
CharlotteVale
Feb 2016
#22
It's interesting how they understand the "spread the risk" and "spread the benefit" concepts
TBF
Feb 2016
#23
It isn't just the GOPers. It's some of the Clinton supporters, too, right here
The Velveteen Ocelot
Feb 2016
#26
And the trillions we've spent slaughtering and maiming tens and tens of thousands of Iraqis?
Arugula Latte
Feb 2016
#31
Thank you. The contempt some here have toward educating our young people is appalling.
myrna minx
Feb 2016
#40