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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts) Mon Aug 13, 2012, 08:37 PM Aug 2012

Ryan's Budget: The Most Fraudulent Proposal in American History

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/08/ryans-budget-the-most-fraudulent-proposal-in-american-history.html

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Ryan's Budget: The Most Fraudulent Proposal in American History (Original Post) cthulu2016 Aug 2012 OP

Interesting. Thanks for posting the link. nt Tennessee Gal Aug 2012 #1

Thanks from me too. AnotherDreamWeaver Aug 2012 #2

A piece of radical social engineering bhikkhu Aug 2012 #3

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)

1. Interesting. Thanks for posting the link. nt

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Mon Aug 13, 2012, 09:10 PM

Aug 2012

AnotherDreamWeaver

(2,852 posts)

2. Thanks from me too.

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Tue Aug 14, 2012, 11:26 AM

Aug 2012

Will post to FB...

bhikkhu

(10,722 posts)

3. A piece of radical social engineering

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Tue Aug 14, 2012, 11:32 AM

Aug 2012

...of the kind young and inexperienced thinkers come up with. They seldom get the opportunity to put things into practice where they might discover their mistakes (which usually lie somewhere in faulty notions of human nature), but when they do it can be a disastrous learning curve. Keep in mind that Pol Pot started out with little more than charisma and a set of ideas of how his country could be transformed for the good of all.

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