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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Obvious View Post
    Youtube videos only go so far...
    Not to mention an actual statement. http://thepoliticalforums.com/thread...=1#post2647831
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    So back to the topic, why capitalism works better than the government:

    Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    The solution to technological problems is the market.

    'Where have all the smokestacks gone?'
    In the Adirondacks they were driven out along with the jobs they represented. You see the rest of the state gets to live by different land usage standards than we do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    The solution to technological problems is the market.

    'Where have all the smokestacks gone?'

    so many of our "issues" are primarily deflection for the politicians away from their horrible domestic and foreign policy. I mean if you were them would you want the people focused on what you have actually done for the country?

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    so many of our "issues" are primarily deflection for the politicians away from their horrible domestic and foreign policy. I mean if you were them would you want the people focused on what you have actually done for the country?
    I could never be a politician.
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