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Re: A lesson in socialist irony!

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From: 3149 Dead
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:09
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:57:36 -0500, Libertarian Lilly wrote:

> 3149 Dead <dead@gone.com>  wrote :
> 
>> On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:01:43 -0500, Libertarian Lilly wrote:
>> 
>>>>> The Budget for All
>>>>>  
>>>>> Budget of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Fiscal Year 2013
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Budget for All puts Americans back to work, charts a path to
>>>>> responsible deficit reduction, enhances our economic
>>>>> competitiveness,
>>>>> rebuilds the middle class and invests in our future. Our budget
>>>>> makes no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefits,
>>>>> and asks those who have benefited most from our economy to pay a
>>>>> sensible share.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Our Budget Puts Americans Back to Work
>>>> 
>>>> So you say.  But I can't help but notice that you aren't offering a
>>>> refund if your promises don't come true.
>>> 
>>> It's worked so well these past few years! They borrow & spend
>>> TRILLIONS,
>>> double the national debt and the unemployment rate is still high,
>>> though they've pissed away trillions!
>> 
>> How about Bush's tax cuts.  Did the economy take off like a bald-ass
>> baboon?
>> 
>> Oh, it didn't, you say...?
> 
> Not when crony capitalism and so many other socialist regulations are
> dragging it down!

Now, there's one of the best nutball self-contradictions I've seen on 
these groups.

Socialist regulations cause crony capitalism?  Really?

Do police cause bank robberies?  
> 
> 
>>> "We are spending more money than we have ever spent before and it does
>>> not work.... We have never made good on our promises.... I say after
>>> eight years of this administration we have just as much unemployment
>>> as when we started... and an enormous debt to boot." - Henry
>>> Morgenthau, who served as Roosevelt's treasury secretary during FDR's
>>> administration. He was the one who originally worked with FDR to
>>> formulate those spending policies, the New Deal.
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