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ControlledDemolition (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 12:29 AM Original message |
Should certain industries be non-profit? For starters, health, finance, 'defence'... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, for starters, there shouldn't be a full time "defense" industry at all. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The mormon church should have lost their 501(c)(3) status |
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ControlledDemolition (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. 'Magic (undergarment) Pants' save the day once more! n/t |
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ControlledDemolition (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Only genuinely good-samaritan-expenditures should be deductible! |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Getting rid of the defense industry will get you a bullet in the head, I fear. |
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ControlledDemolition (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You are 100% correct! JFK's demise is the Rosetta Stone of all the crap going on today. n/t |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. A lot of industries should move to the non-profit model |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. I agree with all of the ones, except possibly for finance |
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ControlledDemolition (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Good, decent, enforcable regulation could well do the trick. I agree. n/t |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. Pay for healthcare by cutting Defense. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. it's interesting ... Americans went from "businesses are charging the military $400 for a hammer" |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. there are definitely a few things that should never be for profit |
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