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2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

(94,598 posts) Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:57 PM Nov 2012

Barack Obama tonight: "The Free Enterprise system works best"

Sorry to the socialists in the crowd...

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Barack Obama tonight: "The Free Enterprise system works best" (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2012 OP

Geez UTLonghorn Nov 2012 #1

iPods and Interstates Recursion Nov 2012 #2

UTLonghorn

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1. Geez

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:59 PM

Nov 2012

What a commie

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

2. iPods and Interstates

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 11:03 PM

Nov 2012

There's a spectrum. The free enterprise system is awesome at allocating some things, like iPods. It's awful at allocating other things, like interstate highways. The trick is knowing where on that spectrum a given good or service lies.

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