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To: TimF who wrote (474872)	4/26/2009 5:14:16 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1575780

"Giving support to and then trying to control private corporations, rather than nationalizing them is exactly how the fasicst handled it." Link? Or are you just making it up as you go along?

To: TimF who wrote (474872)	5/21/2009 5:50:46 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575780

Not that I'd say he is a fascist, that would go a bit too far, some of his policies, and not just minor incidental ones but important ones, have similarities, but he's not a hyper-nationalist, and he is a democrat not an autocrat. Only a bit? In terms of anti-rich populism perhaps not so much, but other policies and statements do support such a charge to a certain extent. Sure those who don't like him are prone to exaggerate that extent, but he certainly has supported the idea of greater government control of the economy, and a certain amount of redistribution. Greater government control of the economy ? How? Give us an example? Al