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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders in the 1970s urged nationalization of most major industries [View all]TCJ70
(4,387 posts)43. They won't have to reach back 50 years to...
...try and scare people with *gasp* socialism! Theyre going to do that regardless. So this is stupid.
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Bernie Sanders in the 1970s urged nationalization of most major industries [View all]
RandySF
Mar 2019
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Today's episode is brought to you by the letters "C" and "S" and by the number 2020...
brooklynite
Mar 2019
#15
So, if a corrupted and incompetent corporation runs a local monopoly into the ground.
Farmer-Rick
Mar 2019
#21
Well, he wasn't advocating nationalization because the utility corporations were doing great.
Farmer-Rick
Mar 2019
#28
I am not opposed to looking at nationalizing utilities that are natural monopolies.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2019
#8
I am a firm believer in markets except where natural monopolies exist.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2019
#39
I'm not either, especially after what happened to Enron and ONCOR/Energy Futureds
Vogon_Glory
Mar 2019
#30