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And We Wonder ... (Original Post) MindMover Jun 2014 OP
Post removed Post removed Jun 2014 #1
No wonder we can't have nice things pscot Jun 2014 #2
No Wonder MindMover Jun 2014 #8
Destroying the revenue stream is how you can fatally cripple a democracy. blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #3
But these same corporations love using our water Tsiyu Jun 2014 #4
Meanwhile smallcat88 Jun 2014 #5
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #6
Whenever anyone complains about poor government services ... aggiesal Jun 2014 #7
Kick. Agschmid Jun 2014 #9

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blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
3. Destroying the revenue stream is how you can fatally cripple a democracy.
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 12:31 AM
Jun 2014

It's been called "drowning the Government in a bathtub," and it's THE FOCUS of everything the Republican Party does now. Then, when the Government goes tits up, the Republicans will turn over all the functions of Government to their Pals, and you'll be nickel-and-dimed to death for EVERYTHING.

Tsiyu

(18,186 posts)
4. But these same corporations love using our water
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 12:45 AM
Jun 2014

our highways, our natural resources, our courts, our cops, our firefighters and our labor.

they are like common thieves who steal copper from electric substations and sell it for scrap

users, exploiters and just common lowlife scum, no matter how fancy their offices or how high their profits.

just common pigs and scum


one day the rightwingers living in poverty will stop blaming Obama and see the facts, that the corporations they shill for couldn't give two craps about them

smallcat88

(426 posts)
5. Meanwhile
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 01:46 AM
Jun 2014

they're still calling working people who need food stamps moochers who are somehow responsible for all our ills.

aggiesal

(8,863 posts)
7. Whenever anyone complains about poor government services ...
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 02:16 AM
Jun 2014

I alwzys say "That's your tax breaks at work"

When I graduated from college, the government subsidized more than 80% of my tuition (pell grants and stste funds),
and the student had to cone up with less than 20%.
Now it's 80% paid by the student, while the government kicks in less than 20%.

This is one of those subtle transfer of wealth techniques used by the Greedy One Percent (GOP).

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