WASHINGTON: Only five days into the Obama presidency, members of the new administration and Democratic leaders in Congress are already dancing around one of the most politically delicate questions about the financial bailout: Is the president prepared to nationalize a huge swath of the nation's banking system?
Well this didn't take long.
by BurnTheShips 51 Replies latest jw friends
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beksbks
What exactly does your thread title mean Burn??
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quietlyleaving
at beks question
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iceguy
Nancy Pelosi has to go! Obama will be spending a great deal time having to do an end around on this wack job! I have a friend that is very liberal and he says that as stupid as Pres Bush was so is Nancy Pelosi! She needs to go back to San Francisco where her communist ideology is more accepted.
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Jankyn
Apparently, you don't understand communism. If you did, you'd know that Nancy Pelosi is no communist. She's an old-fashioned, bleeding-heart liberal (which basically means she's a Republican-lite: all for making money as long as she doesn't have to feel guilty about not doing enough to help the poor).
So-called "conservatives" who are spouting this nonsense wouldn't know a communist--or a socialist--if one bit 'em in the ass.
Can we all agree that most people want to do the right thing---give workers a fair shake, allow property owners to maintain and use their property, and assist those who cannot care for themselves---but we might disagree on the best way to go about it? That might free us up from this obsession with words like "liberal," "conservative," etc.
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iceguy
If Nancy Pelosi bit me in the ass I would know she was at minimum a socialist! There is nothing Pelosi would want more than having the goverment run everything.
One of the reason's Obama picked Ron Emanuel as Cheif of Staff is because he is a "Bulldog" and is probably best suited to handle Pelosi, who will be a pain in Obama's ass.
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Dismembered
Touche & Amen Jankyn,
Well stated!
Dismembered (a middle of the roader)
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SixofNine
Nationalizing the banks is probably going to have to happen. In the US, in the UK, and probably a few other places.
Naturally, many people, like Burns, don't want to face up to just how completely Libertarian ideals sodomized our country.
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UnConfused
Didn't the Republicans already just nationalize part of the banking system?
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sammielee24
Six of Nine....spot on! sammieswife.