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KlatooBNikto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:04 PM
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Do Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld believe in Free Enterprise or Crony
Capitalism?
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:05 PM
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1. Crony Capitalism or world domination?
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:06 PM
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2. They believe in the free hand of the market
the same way that Hoover believed in the free hand of the market

Did yuo know the Hoover adminstration was the most corrupt administration since McKinnely and this one is the most corrupt administration since McKinley?

You draw your own conclusions what the hand of the market means for either...
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 02:52 PM
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6. Kleptocracy may be the word you are looking for
It certainly isn't capitalism when a cabal of robber barons buys the government.
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:41 PM
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3. lets look at their background a little
Halliburton, KBR, Dresser,
Harkin Oil, spectrum 7.

Talk about breaking the invisible hand of the free market.
These guys couldn't run a lemonade stand in death valley without
being given free lemons by the govt.
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CoffeeAnnan Donating Member (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:47 PM
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5. ROFL! Like the lemonade stand in death valley analogy. Perfect!
Don't leave out Rumsfeld either. He managed to get the Nutrasweet brand accepted by the FDA, sold the Nutrasweet brand to Monsanto and made himself a fortune.In between, he did some mighty powerful influence peddling to stymie investigations into the safety of Nutrasweet.A great businessman he, indeed.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:46 PM
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4. I think a lot of Libertarians would say "crony capitalism."
I disagree with a most of what I hear about coming from them about social programs, but I think they'd serve as a good hostile witness against the notion that Republicans really believe in free markets.
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