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On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:01:46 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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What is the alternative, communism? Every time it has actually been
tried you still ended up with a two tier society with rich aparachicks
and slave workers. The only communist society that still survives from
the early 20th century experiments is Cuba. Even Cuba is nibbling
around the edges of the free market.


The alternative is a well-regulated capitalistic economy. That actually
works.

We are agreeing again.

I'm mostly an agreeable person.

You were following the progression of the conversation about the two
major bank de-regulation bills and who voted for them?
You really can't blame either one of them on either party. In fact 51
of the 60 representatives who voted AGAINST the 2000 commodities
deregulation act that allowed all of those credit default swaps were
republicans. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2000/roll603.xml

The senate passed it with unanimous consent

And, 133 voted for it. And, 157 others voted for it. Seems pretty evenly
divided...

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