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Courtesy Flush

(4,558 posts) Tue Oct 15, 2013, 12:06 AM Oct 2013

So riddle me this

If a government program that doesn't meet all of our needs within its first week proves that government can't get anything right...

...what does that say about a free market that couldn't meet our needs for two hundred years?

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So riddle me this (Original Post) Courtesy Flush Oct 2013 OP

ZING! nt BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #1

BINGO! eom BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #2

!!! silverweb Oct 2013 #3

Youza Yeah... !!!! alittlelark Oct 2013 #4

with a cherry on top! 2naSalit Oct 2013 #5

There you go, being rational...... TheDebbieDee Oct 2013 #6

??? blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #7

We've never had a free market in the US; and a free market was never supposed to meet the merrily Oct 2013 #8

I don't think you get it Courtesy Flush Oct 2013 #10

I'm thinking that there is not now... dchill Oct 2013 #9

BluegrassStateBlues

(881 posts)

1. ZING! nt

Reply to Courtesy Flush (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 12:08 AM

Oct 2013

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

2. BINGO! eom

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Tue Oct 15, 2013, 12:10 AM

Oct 2013

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

3. !!!

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Tue Oct 15, 2013, 12:17 AM

Oct 2013

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)

4. Youza Yeah... !!!!

Reply to Courtesy Flush (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 12:54 AM

Oct 2013

... You get cookies , cake, and pie !!!

2naSalit

(86,634 posts)

5. with a cherry on top!

Reply to alittlelark (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:46 AM

Oct 2013

I just had to add that for effect.

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)

6. There you go, being rational......

Reply to Courtesy Flush (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:51 AM

Oct 2013

You can't just go walking around, talking sense and being logical. What will people think?

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

7. ???

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Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:55 AM

Oct 2013

merrily

(45,251 posts)

8. We've never had a free market in the US; and a free market was never supposed to meet the

Reply to Courtesy Flush (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 02:05 AM

Oct 2013

needs of anyone but owners/stockholders and consumers who can afford to buy.

I don't think the successes or failures of government can be compared legitimately with anything but other governments.

Courtesy Flush

(4,558 posts)

10. I don't think you get it

Reply to merrily (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 09:17 AM

Oct 2013

Wingers constantly compare government to business. For one, any government function that does not turn a profit is deemed a failure by them. They don't understand that some things are not going to make a profits, yet are still worth doing.

dchill

(38,497 posts)

9. I'm thinking that there is not now...

Reply to Courtesy Flush (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 02:06 AM

Oct 2013

Nor has there ever been - any such thing as a free market.

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