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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:30 PM Original message |
Milton Friedman: Wealthy people do NOT INFLUENCE POLITICIANS. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd say BOTH n/t |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe the PEOPLE don't but their MONEY sure as fuck does! nt |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. And the Supreme Court said their money talks! And has rights! And has freedom! |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. milton friedman |
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ironrooster (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. if the comment is not taken out of context - it is very clearly a lie /nt |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. No they don't influence - they just flat out give the orders. n/t |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh. Well then they shouldn't mind if . . . |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. No many of them actually write the laws. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. He believed in the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. He's a lying son of a b*tch ...I hope he rots in hell. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Right. They just buy them instead. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. The economic advisor to General Pinochet |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Oh but to Milton |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. Of course not |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. Dear Mr. Friedman: |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. He's dead! As are his theories; they don't work. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. He should see a doctor |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. Free Markteer flicks "I-Don't-Give-A-Switch" |
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Siouxmealso (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You're thinking of Allen Greenspan |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. true - you're right |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Really Milton, I belive you, but now I have to go feed the unicorn |
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I Drink Water (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. Wow, talk about delusion. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. They buy them!!!!!!! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. He was a big fat liar. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. What a lying asshole |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. The application of his own neo-classical economic theories to politics show how it does, actually |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Uh, both. ANYBODY can see that they buy influence.......... |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Breaking news : Bears don't shit in the woods, and the Pope is a Muslin!!1! |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Stake through heart needed |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
30. Let's see, the father of our current political based economy |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
31. Delusional fits |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
32. He was WRONG about just about everything so this statement should come as no surprise. |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. The worst of it is that his theories are now labelled |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
33. Both. nt |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
34. 2 recessions in ONE presidency. |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
35. Here is who they are fighting for |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
36. He was the enabler and tool of the uber rich. |
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