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Hmmm...so how many US billionaires can we tie to Russia so we can confiscate (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Mar 2022 OP
Just an FYI... no one has had their property "confiscated", not even the Russians. WarGamer Mar 2022 #1
You know how the Republicans like to pit two bad choices against the other, with one Baitball Blogger Mar 2022 #2
Reparations will have to come from somewhere. paleotn Mar 2022 #14
They won't come from frozen assets. former9thward Mar 2022 #17
Thanks for pointing this out. Hortensis Apr 2022 #22
What with his 'public support and adoration'........... MyOwnPeace Mar 2022 #3
Florida Republicans are thinking of disbanding Reedy Creek --Disney-- so why not Baitball Blogger Mar 2022 #4
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! malaise Mar 2022 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Mar 2022 #6
Wasting Away in Mar-a-Lagoville DFW Mar 2022 #7
Never too early! 2naSalit Mar 2022 #11
It's hard to believe it's 3 years old already. DFW Apr 2022 #19
Oh yeah! Let's put the focus on our own oligarchs. Maybe Americans will start to wake up. jalan48 Mar 2022 #8
Start with members of the republican party, they are not billionaires but should Bev54 Mar 2022 #9
There ought to be several dweller Mar 2022 #10
You can't take anything from an American billionaire. Chainfire Mar 2022 #12
if the magats I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #15
So we need to confiscate Mar-a-Lago, okay! Emile Mar 2022 #13
Do you have some actual evidence of a link? Or is this just a rant? brooklynite Mar 2022 #16
Rant. Baitball Blogger Apr 2022 #21
Koch comes to mind PurgedVoter Apr 2022 #18
Two names: Robert Mercer and Rebekah Mercer (heck, let's just look at the entire family). Duncan Grant Apr 2022 #20

WarGamer

(12,444 posts)
1. Just an FYI... no one has had their property "confiscated", not even the Russians.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:24 PM
Mar 2022

Their property is "frozen"... big difference.

Baitball Blogger

(46,707 posts)
2. You know how the Republicans like to pit two bad choices against the other, with one
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:31 PM
Mar 2022

of those choices being the obvious choice, and other too ridiculous for words? Well, maybe it's time to use that ploy.

former9thward

(32,006 posts)
17. They won't come from frozen assets.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 11:55 PM
Mar 2022

And it takes decades. Over 40 years later Iranian hostages and Iran were still fighting over Iranian assets that were frozen.

Baitball Blogger

(46,707 posts)
4. Florida Republicans are thinking of disbanding Reedy Creek --Disney-- so why not
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:35 PM
Mar 2022

Mar o lago.

You know, for Republicans claiming to hate government meddling in private businesses, we are seeing some remarkable Orwellian doublespeak.

Response to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

DFW

(54,378 posts)
7. Wasting Away in Mar-a-Lagoville
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:39 PM
Mar 2022

Is it time to bring this out of the mothballs yet--or was it never mothballed to begin with?

DFW

(54,378 posts)
19. It's hard to believe it's 3 years old already.
Fri Apr 1, 2022, 12:12 AM
Apr 2022

It was the first one I wrote for a collaboration with the Parody Project. We've done a LOT of them together since!

Bev54

(10,052 posts)
9. Start with members of the republican party, they are not billionaires but should
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:53 PM
Mar 2022

be able to pick up some houses and vehicles.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,470 posts)
15. if the magats
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 11:39 PM
Mar 2022

start a civil war ..I say go and take everything billionaires have for the war effort. To stop xtian nationalists.

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