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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

rhett o rick

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8. "Bill Clinton said that Summers and Rubin had been wrong about the CFMA and he had been wrong to

Reply to merrily (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 4, 2015, 07:53 PM

Jul 2015

take their advice on it." And yet who did Obama look to for economic help? The three stoogies. And who will H. Clinton undoubtedly look to for economic advice? My bet is the same three stoogies. While we the people think they were wrong, Wall Fracking Street were happy as hell. Goldman-Sachs can't wait to have HRC give them some more speeches.

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Ayn Rand Hits the Fan, or What the Hell Happened to American Businesses [View all] rhett o rick Jul 2015 OP

the dye has been cast KT2000 Jul 2015 #1

Actually it's the whole American culture. The new American dream is to get wealthy rhett o rick Jul 2015 #2

Unfortunately Americans are ignorant of our own history demwing Jul 2015 #3

And charter schools will dumb down America even more. merrily Jul 2015 #5

Good one, demwing. merrily Aug 2015 #16

After years of bs, Andrea Mitchell's husband, Alan Greenspan, finally merrily Jul 2015 #4

I didn't buy his book but tried to read the library's copy. Garbage. He tried like rhett o rick Jul 2015 #6

As Upton Sinclair wrote, merrily Jul 2015 #7

"Bill Clinton said that Summers and Rubin had been wrong about the CFMA and he had been wrong to rhett o rick Jul 2015 #8

IIRC, they were indeed among the 200 plus advisors she hired to help her figure out merrily Jul 2015 #9

Good post. nm rhett o rick Jul 2015 #10

Thanks, rhett. merrily Jul 2015 #11

Gee, if only Bill had been a Rhodes scholar or the smartest politician I've seen in my life. merrily Aug 2015 #12

Bill and Hillary live in the 1% bubble. They see the problems the 99% are having rhett o rick Aug 2015 #13

In 1999-2000, according to Hillary, the Clintons had no money and many legal bills. merrily Aug 2015 #14

The very idea that the ONLY function of a corporation is to 'maximize profits' should shock anyone sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #15