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Bush Declares Capitalism Accomplished!

 

Published 11/14/2008 by matthew.yeomans at The Big Money

From defender of the free world to defender of the free markets, President Bush on Thursday delivered what the New York Times described as an "impassioned defense" of capitalism , declaring "the American system is still 'the engine of social mobility.'" This was not merely a presidential road trip to revive s read more (link)

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