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I didn't think she'd start her crusade so soon after being elected but she did.
She met with the union workers and told them to take over the plant.
She didn't tell them to buy it out though..just take it over and run it themselves.
She also said they should re-tool the plant to produce mass transit buses instead of "war machines".
FYI..that Boeing plant makes commercial planes, not "war machines".
And she stopped there. Who is going to fund payroll, purchase resources, pay bills, provide the operating capital needed to run the plant ?
It's going to be pretty interesting to see how she votes on city agenda items.
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This woman is an idiot, and anti-American. How can people be so blind? She is from India, for God's sake! What does she know about America? She is a communist!!! Geeeze, people!
From your own article..ownership by workers is not nationalization is it ?
"We don't need the executives!" cried Seattle's first elected Socialist in living memory, as the damp crowd cheered and rush-hour traffic hummed slowly by. "We need Boeing to be under democratic public ownership by workers — by the community!"
yes it is.
Only government has the power to confiscate Boeing's property. If she's not advocating that, she's advocating theft - and that should be prosecuted.
Well if you want far right wing government, why don't you move? Is it because you don't understand how a democracy works? People are free to vote for who they think will best represent them.
We're not a democracy. We are not governed by votes. We are governed by our constitutions, not people's votes.
Our constitution is designed to protect us from mob rule.
That's fantastic, a socialist win. As the Republicans and corporate Democrats bring on plutocracy, perhaps there will be more democratic socialist election wins in reaction.
I think it's great to have an alternative voice on a large city's council. I'll disagree more than agree with her, but so what. The greater the choices to D's and R's, the better off we are.
"Well this this is our country too"That is debateable, if you guys want really nothing we want, or the system of government we have, or the rights we enjoy, or the culture and customs, and values we have, or the economic system we have, really you want to mutilate America into a weaker, less free nation.
No, it isn't debateable unless that is your weak attempt to try to say we are not US citizens.
You seem to extremely uncomfortable with the discussion of ideas, so you're attempting to steer the discussion away from them by attempting to say "it doesn't matter, since she lacks power".
What, what liberals want to do only matters IF THEY CAN FORCE THEIR AGENDA on people? No, it's that you don't want people to know what you and your allies want to actually do.
I am all for discussion of ideas which is why I am all for her win at city council.
This woman is an idiot, and anti-American. How can people be so blind? She is from India, for God's sake! What does she know about America? She is a communist!!! Geeeze, people!
I can't believe peple in that city are so dumb!
That is a stupid comment, is everyone who has a different opinion than you anti-American?
We're not a democracy. We are not governed by votes. We are governed by our constitutions, not people's votes.
Our constitution is designed to protect us from mob rule.
No I never said we were governed by vote, try and keep up, we do however vote for our representatives is a democratic fashion which is what I was referring to.
I have never seen this site pay so much attention to a random city council member before. Does this one city council member have any real power in the state of Washington?
When they start babbling rank lunacy, its hard to not take notice.
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