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Government Isn't The Solution (Original Post)
Turborama
Oct 2012
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defacto7
(13,485 posts)1. Can you imagine...
if it was up to private enterprise to take care of disasters? That's beyond reason.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)2. I had a girlfriend
who had a life threatening accident in Mexico. The ambulance (on the way to the us border) would stop every so often and the driver would demand more cash. Pay or they stop and she dies....
Once across the border and US emergency services there was no concern,
defacto7
(13,485 posts)3. Holy shit....
People can be inhuman.
Cha
(297,692 posts)4. Our Government is Smart.. it's the Plutocratic
Lying Fascists like romney that aren't good.
...Plus the mindless drones that have been brainwashed into unquestioningly voting for him.
Is there any hope for them? The only way I can see it is via mass deprograming interventions by family and friends.
Trouble is, the family and friends are most likely brainwashed, too.