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- What I would Change About the World: More folks need to understand Leo Strauss
- Current Gig: foreign affairs
- Current Project: foreign affairs
- Influences/Heroes: John Kenneth Galbraith, Kahlil Gibran
- Organizations: Progressives
- Political Bent: bent but not broken
- Celebrity Crush: Elaine Pagels
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- corderodedios commented on "When Socialism comes to America, It will be wrapped in the flag and carrying........Hey Wait A Minute, That's When Fascism Comes To America! 3 months ago
They won't let the Post Office go completely. Corporations need the bulk mail rates for their propaganda. That four pounds of junk mail you got today probably cost less than one first-class... more
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- corderodedios commented on "When Socialism comes to America, It will be wrapped in the flag and carrying........Hey Wait A Minute, That's When Fascism Comes To America! 3 months ago
For starters, you left the investor class out of your list of classes - assuming you mean "consumer" when you say "consumptionist." The investor class does not see itself... more
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- corderodedios commented on 350 Economists Warn Sequester Cuts Could Kill Recovery 3 months ago
You're speaking of Germany now, right? My reference was to Germany between WWI and WWII.
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- corderodedios commented on 350 Economists Warn Sequester Cuts Could Kill Recovery 3 months ago
Stupidity accompanies greed. The "they" you are writing about are both. Sure, we need to create jobs, but we could do that by just cutting the work week and adding vacation days to... more
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- corderodedios commented on 350 Economists Warn Sequester Cuts Could Kill Recovery 3 months ago
If you make more but increases in the cost of food, clothing, shelter, and the other stuff one is used to purchasing cost more, you stay even or even sink. On the other hand, you are... more
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- corderodedios commented on 350 Economists Warn Sequester Cuts Could Kill Recovery 3 months ago
Nothing there was meant to be a suggestion. The observation about wiping out the lower rungs of the socioeconomic classes is borne out by recently released Dept of Commerce data showing first,... more
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- corderodedios commented on 350 Economists Warn Sequester Cuts Could Kill Recovery 3 months ago
It would be illuminating for you to study the history of stock prices in Weimar Germany. As the Mark plummeted in value, stock prices soared during part of the period, representing not a... more
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- corderodedios commented on 350 Economists Warn Sequester Cuts Could Kill Recovery 3 months ago
Perfectly correct, as far as it goes.
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- corderodedios commented on 350 Economists Warn Sequester Cuts Could Kill Recovery 3 months ago
It just shows the extent to which wealthy rightwingers will go to get more money back on the table show they have a shot at it.
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- corderodedios commented on 350 Economists Warn Sequester Cuts Could Kill Recovery 3 months ago
No one was looking for 300 million uninsured - not Romney, not anyone. That'd mean that the healthcare industry would die, and that ain't gonna happen. It's too profitable for the... more
