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thomhartmann

(3,979 posts) Fri Aug 16, 2013, 03:27 PM Aug 2013

Thom Hartmann: Will Washington DC be Renamed Reaganville?

What's more important to Congressional Republicans? Renaming Washington D.C. "Reaganville" and sending all illegal immigrants to the Moon - or enacting comprehensive tax reform and investing in our nation's infrastructure?

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Thom Hartmann: Will Washington DC be Renamed Reaganville? (Original Post) thomhartmann Aug 2013 OP

Reaganville should be the preferred term for the encampments of homeless people around our country.. LongTomH Aug 2013 #1

And to think the Right claims if it weren't for their shows you wouldn't have material. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #2

LongTomH

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1. Reaganville should be the preferred term for the encampments of homeless people around our country..

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Fri Aug 16, 2013, 05:41 PM

Aug 2013

.......the way such settlements were called "Hoovervilles" during the First Great Depression. Under Reagan, we started seeing homelessness as a major social problem.

Spitfire of ATJ

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2. And to think the Right claims if it weren't for their shows you wouldn't have material.

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 02:47 AM

Aug 2013

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