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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:46 PM Original message |
How come businesses used to flourish before regulations |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, seems like the country did a lot better when there were regulations |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. You are correct... Sabotage.... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. x |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. It is just another hollow republican talking point |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Correct |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. But the facts are there |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
67. Thats the only thing I have against the man too and for the same reasons. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because it's necessary to recognize that you can't leave |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yes, it would be disingenrous of us not to expect the criminals |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I agree - throwing them in prison would have |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Regulations have not been removed. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Oh!? Did you know something during the GWB years the rest of us don't know? |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Exactly what regulations on businesses have been removed? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. See post #20. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. degregulation of banks and rolllback on enviornmental regulation have both occured the last 30 years |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. And coincidentally Banksters and Big Oil are the ones with the biggest percentage of wealth. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. What rollback of environmental regulations have occurred on business? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The deregulation of the financial industry for one. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. As usual you are not being specific just sloganeering. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Funny how I don't see those words in the OP. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 02:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
61. George W. Bush**, War Criminal, gutted food safety in the first couple of months in office. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. rules about media consolidation and ownership, as well as standards regarding content are GONE |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Thats why I posted the other day we need the Fairness Doctrine |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Commodity Futures Modernization Act, to name a few |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I posted the facts and all I got was crickets. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. And you are surprised because? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. Here we go... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Their argument makes no sense |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. That is the first time I've seen recent history called 'sloganeering'. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:29 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Well said |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. No you didn't post facts. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Slogans? Really thats the best you can come up with? |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. So this means all businesses have been deregulated as the OP asserts? |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Deregulating the banking industry and the oil industry amongst others |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Yes the energy industry and banking...not that that will mean anything |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. You keep asserting the OP said something they did not say. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. You apparently did not read the OP. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Is english your second language? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:47 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. I wrote the OP |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:31 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. No you didn't. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. LOL |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Sorry dude but you are not worthy! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. OK then |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. So you are saying there are no regulations at all on the financial sector. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Didn't see that in the OP, but keep trying. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. " Deregulating the banking industry" |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. You move the goalposts well...er wrong...you have no argument. |
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fivepennies (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. You've got sabotage on the wrong foot. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. they actually had to have good quality and used quality control, only had so high a profit |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because it's not about business - it's about greedy individuals getting richer |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. Malaise, somebody, please help! LOL |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. My response to that rubbish would be |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. LOL...yeah, I just gave up. This has been going on for years, and.... |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. 1st give a BIG LOL. Then inform the person that everything they posted was false and a lie. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. I can debunk that bullshit in four links: |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
53. A great girlgonemad post that will make TeaHadist Bewsh-supporter's heads explode: |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. LOL. Thank you! :) |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. supposedly, they weren't making enough |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. This is what drowning the Country in a bathtub looks like. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's probably more about the business-model than regulations |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. So his boss invests in him. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Nice post |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. DING DING DING!!! We have a winner, folks! If tax cuts create jobs, where are the JOBS? nt |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. Remember back in the 50s and 60s, when we didn't have rich people? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
66. Its all sabotage and greed, plain and simple :hi: |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Good morning |
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