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russspeakeasy

(6,539 posts)
Fri Mar 16, 2012, 11:33 AM Mar 2012

They have their economic bible (Atlas Shrugged). I have mine (Greedy Bastards).

Even if Dylan makes you want to run from your tv every now and then, his book is well written and pretty easy to understand. It poses questions and provides some obvious answers.
He doesn't spare repubs or dems from being "greedy bastards", they both do what is most likely to get them re-elected and rich.
He is particularily hard on banks and the money they spend buying votes from scared politicians.
Energy, finance, health care and education are his main focus and IMHO, does an A+ job in describing the problems and offering some relatively simple solutions.
Like I said at the start of this post, sometimes I want to throw things at the tv when he lets some conservative blowhard go on and on about how bad Mr. O is, but damn, I really enjoyed the book.

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They have their economic bible (Atlas Shrugged). I have mine (Greedy Bastards). (Original Post) russspeakeasy Mar 2012 OP
We want balanced news coverageso... socialindependocrat Mar 2012 #1
I love to tell the Xtian libertarian "free" market people that Rand was an Atheist. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #2
i have mine ....econ 101 madrchsod Mar 2012 #3

socialindependocrat

(1,372 posts)
1. We want balanced news coverageso...
Fri Mar 16, 2012, 11:57 AM
Mar 2012

I support the MSNBC people for having some conservatives on.

When you hear what they say you can see it's just a spin on something bigus.
but it gets out and gets refuted.

Dylan has put out the greatest effort to identify specific problams and
potential solutions. With his background in the financial world he has the
knowledge to make sense out of the screwed up tangle of finances.

I vote for Dylan.

Thanks for the post!

shcrane71

(1,721 posts)
2. I love to tell the Xtian libertarian "free" market people that Rand was an Atheist.
Fri Mar 16, 2012, 01:01 PM
Mar 2012

And she thought anyone who wasn't an Atheist was an idiot -- oh and she hated Libertarians too.

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