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Nov. 24, 2012 5:50pm Erica Ritz

President Obama Supports Small Business Saturday at Book Store | Fiscal Cliff

President Barack Obama (2R) and daughters Sasha Obama (C) and Malia Obama (R) shop at One More Page Books on Small Business Saturday November 24, 2012. (Photo: Getty Images)

President Barack Obama made a quick trip to a Virginia bookstore in support of “Small Business Saturday” over the weekend, the Associated Press reports.

Obama took his daughters, Sasha and Malia, to One More Page Books in Arlington, Va. to encourage shoppers to patronize mom-and-pop businesses after Thanksgiving. He reportedly encouraged people to consider “Small Business Saturday” as a local alternative to “Black Friday” or “Cyber Monday.”

“From the mom-and-pop storefront shops that anchor Main Street to the high-tech startups that keep America on the cutting edge, small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the cornerstones of our nation’s promise,” Obama said in a statement Friday, according to The Hill.

(Photo: Twitter/@whitehouse)

“Through events such as Small Business Saturday, we keep our local economies strong and help maintain an American economy that can compete and win in the 21st century,” he added.

At the store, Obama held up his BlackBerry, apparently looking up a book title as he spoke with shop owner Eileen McGervey. He said “preparation” was the key to his shopping trips.

President Barack Obama reads from his Blackberry cellphone alongside his daughters Sasha (L) and Malia (R) during a shopping trip to One More Page Books on Small Business Saturday. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

But what about the looming “fiscal cliff” that is scheduled to crush this exact type of business? How will they deal with ever-increasing taxes, and the implementation of Obamacare?

Apparently the president brushed off a reporter’s related question, saying only “we’re doing Christmas shopping.”

The White House says Obama bought 15 children’s books that will be given as Christmas gifts to family members.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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eaglesview
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:56pm
He’s out to crush the ” backbone” of the economy and country.
By the time the useful idiots that voted for him figure it out, it just may be too late.
Beans, band aids, and bullets my conservative friends.
A showdown is coming.

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- Stelex
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:35pm
  Obama is coalescing big business, big banks, the fed and the UN into the world governing body, he’s using MB, OWS, every liberal group and unions to tear this nation apart. The only way to stave off total control is to go after the UN…….The UN is the hub. Obama, is MB and Islam is his first loyalty. The rest is foder……..The UN is a terrorist organization and we are the enemy. Any political figure that supports the UN is an enemy of the state. We are an occupied country……so start acting like it Americans
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:43pm
  “…small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the cornerstones of our nation’s promise,”
  
  If he really believes that, and since he’s at war with them, it must be war on small businesses that’s the cornerstones of our Nation’s promise in his mind.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:45pm
  STELEX: You nailed it.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 8:24pm
  Are we sure the youngest daughter isn’t Sharpton’s???
  
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- dealer@678
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 9:02pm
  Indy, more like fiddy cent
  
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- dealer@678
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 9:04pm
  The first one belongs to him but only Michelle knows where the little one came from
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 10:15pm
  Actually I know he’s right on this one. I always go first to locally owned and operated businesses which is easy in the city I live in, where the city actually promotes local business as part of the quality of life of living here. You probably can’t find better food, for example, of any kind, than where I live, thanks to to value the people living here give that.
  
  I’ll buy at a mom and pop store before I will a national chain any day, And I’ll buy American any day before walking into Walmart to save an extra buck buying some Chinese stuff that was made with patented technology stolen from the US.
  
  But I understand where you guys are coming from. First, you hate President Obama, so if he supports local business you’re going to drive straight to Walmart to buy a loaf of bread to spite him. Then you’re going to eat at Applebee’s rather than that locally owned place where the clientele may be younger or not look or dress quite like you.
  
  Okay, I get it. Whatever Obama supports you’re against. I get that – say what you want here. But still, support local business!
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 10:27pm
  @SendTheMeteors…Aren’t you due back at Huffpo???
  
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- montanalablover
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 10:36pm
  Wow that’s weird, I didn’t think the Clown liked small business. I hope he enjoyed his visit to this local mom and pop bookstore ’cause by the time he’s through with them, they’ll be out of business by next Xmas as they are going to get the H*LL taxed out of them if he has his way. Got the Beans, Got the Bullets but need more Bandaids. A Civil War is coming soon.
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 11:59pm
  Monk… at war with them? at war with small business? you are out of your mind!
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 12:11am
  IndyGuy, you’re hatred of Obama exceeds your love of this country.
  
  No, sorry, it’s a good thing to support local business and to buy American products.
  
  Hey, Donald Trump, who as President would show China who was boss is selling clothes you might want. Made where? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ial4SRFl0ig
  
  Indy guy – buy local and buy American!
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 1:25am
  Keaton – The truth hurts that you leftists are at war with small businesses.
  
  Meteor – If anybody hates this country, that would be you leftists (including Obama).
  
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- DMENTED
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 1:41am
  @INDY GUY – Huffpo? Yahoo’s even worse.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:45am
  @SendTheMeteors…No…My hate for Obama is due to My Love Of Country…You are an idiot…And I have been buying local my whole life,you act like it’s a new thing…
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:03am
  SendTheMeteors=ObamaZombie
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:30am
  P.S….And buying local is going extinct due to Obama…And Made In America is also disappearing due to Obama…SHEESH……The stupidity that swoons over Obama is mind boggling…
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:06am
  Leaving DC to have a photo op in NoVa is buying local? Maybe if you arent the driver. Surprised he didn’t buy from the WH gift shop and give pics of himself out.
  
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- SolitudeBliss
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:23am
  Sorry but you can’t blame non-american products on Obama (and no, as a small business owner I most certainly do NOT support O). Blame the death of small business owners on a variety of factors over the last several decades. Over-regulations and taxations on small businesses, unions, consumers choosing to buy cheap chinese products, etc. As much as I wish Obama had been a 1 termer I will not blame him for everything like Obama likes to do with Bush. The death knell of small businesses has been coming for a while and Obama is just helping precipitate it.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:47am
  @SolitudeBliss…I most certainly can blame the death of small business on Obama…His policies are the Dems policies of over-regulation of the past 40 years in overdrive…Same with products made in China…Policies such as Obama’s is the reason companies have run to China to Mfg. their product…There was hope to reverse this crap but Obama has found a class of takers(LOSERS) to help him finish off America…You go ahead and keep seeing the small picture as the big picture is killing America…You are the problem…
  
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- SoNick
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:05pm
  @IndyGuy
  yeah, who needs regulations? You know, all those useless benefits the evil unions managed to steal from the poor job creators over the years? We need to get rid of that. Who needs an (almost) living wage? Jobs are moving to China? Then we have use chinese methods! We should allow big companies in the US to extend work days to 16 hours, let them get rid of those annoying lunch breaks to increase productivity. And while we’re at it, we should get NASA engineers to create robots who can whip workers who try to go to the batroom. The 19th century was such a wonderful time !
  
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SPIKETAC
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:54pm
Barack also bought the one printed copy of Chris Matthews’ “Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero” just to boost Tingles’ ego.

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bigbear_awake
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:53pm
wonder how many stores had to closed for security to usher the **** m-i-c gladd he bought at least 15 books for his family money must be low

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:23pm
  He and Moochelle NEVER use their own money.
  
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- revelation2012
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 8:07pm
  at least he didn’t have to USE – AIR FORCE I – for this little ‘jaunt’
  
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SPIKETAC
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:49pm
Bo Obama, the Chinese Water Dog, chewed up Barack’s copy of Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals” so Barack and the kids had to go pick up another book.

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- dsind
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 8:27pm
  Actually its a Portuguese water dog…………but hey, Obama doesn’t care what flavor.
  
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mash4077
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:47pm
“small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the cornerstone of our american promise” that’s why I’m going to put them out business before 2016. viva el presidente!

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 12:02am
  If you are referring to Obamacare then you are way off the mark! obama care will not effect job growth or hiring for small businesses.. Please read up on it when you get a chance! http://www.forbes.com/sites/groupthink/2012/08/10/will-obamacare-help-or-hurt-small-businesses/2/
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 1:27am
  Keaton – Keep spewing out the Obama regime propaganda. That article mentioned that businesses with fewer than 50 employees is exempt from Obamacare. I doubt you even know the definitions of what businesses are (I’ll give you a hint, it’s NOT determined by how many people you employ).
  
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- idarusskie
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 7:24am
  50 employees is micro small business. a small restaurant will have 20 employees. small is closer to 500.
  
  http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/Size_Standards_Table%281%29.pdf
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 9:09am
  Keaton/nancy
  Stop with the cheer leading wanker. People are being laid off now and the stock market only does decent on his golf days. You have read all 2000 plus pages?
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:46pm
In visiting this small business he shut down traffic to the area for how long? That took away how much in sales for the entire neighborhood so he could get his photo op? Just so he could act like he is buying a couple of books.

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- barber2
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:35pm
  Never misses a photo op. Dragging the kids along now that it’s the ” Holiday Season ” ( wink, wink )
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 9:01pm
  @ Barber2….Is it Ramadan already???
  
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spfoam1
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:43pm
Yes, small business is the backbone of our economy, and that’s why he is doing all he can to punish them.

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John 1776
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:36pm
“Small Businesses Are ‘Backbone of Our Economy’”

Yea, I guess that’s why he wants to break them. They get in the way of the government being the WHOLE economy, like it is in every communist nation.

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LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:32pm
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Obama’s daughters very seldom look happy.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:49pm
  how about yours?
  
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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 8:18pm
  If I had two daughters……
  
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- lillymckim
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:01am
  They have to live with the “photo op”… he only speaks to them via the teleprompter
  
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grayling646
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:30pm
I guess this means small business owners are in his cross hairs.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:30pm
He certainly seems to be at war with small business then. Drive around town here and I have never in my life seen so many small businesses as well as some larger ones closed. The mall has so many gaps within it’s corridors and I don’t mean clothing stores. Much of down town is boarded up, as well the industrial park. I really don’t know how much longer we take his good will towards small business, or any business for that matter.

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:26pm
  He’s giving nothing, but lip service. He doesn’t believe a word he is saying, if he did, the economy would be in much better shape and business not so darn regulated.
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:30pm
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President Obama is the “kiss of death” to small businesses.

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Texas Hills Patriot
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:23pm
Words, words, words. If this guy were ever judged based on his actions, he couldn’t get elected to city dog catcher.

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- DadRocked
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:33pm
  Now why do you feel it neccessary to bring his wife into this? He caught her didn’t he?
  
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- GO-FOR-LIBERTY
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:11am
  Sounds like a disease. Best to check with rev wrong/wright on that issue.
  
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:17pm
Then you’re not really praying to Jesus, are you? It may be his name (In vain) but it’s definitely going somewhere else.

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Zipit
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:16pm
What he’s REALLY thinking!
So let’s tax the living crap out of em, and throw enough regulation at em so they will be unable to hire, grow, and compete, with an out of control government! That way, my vision of social justice and global wealth redistribution will take an almost irreversible course. That, which will all but destroyed this country by the time the idiots who voted for me figure it out!!!! History will judge me as “successful”, in what I always intended to do, and my ability to hide it from a greedy, needy, and seedy electorate of takers!!!!!

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FANGS
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:13pm
Yup and all of us small businesses that You hate, Have demonized and spit in our faces will get even some day. For now we won’t work. We won’t hire and we will never hire a colored person, EVER.

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:50pm
  Republicans are in complete agreement with you FANGS.
  
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Impenitent
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:12pm
so tax them at at 85% instead of 90%?

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Cavallo
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:09pm
… and that is why he will make sure regulations are so numerous and complicated that only a very small percentage will be able to survive, to increase taxes on them to the point that profit is near impossible and any hiccup in revenue will cause bankruptcy. This man knows nothing of business, nor does he really care. He’ll pay lip service to old American priciples so as not to alarm the few remaining contributors to the government coffers. We live in a new America now. One without freedoms, one filled full of oppression and control, where we are all subjects to be ruled rather than citizens looking to better our lives with work and innovation. A new America that will (slowly at first and then with incrased speed) devolve financially, militarily, and politically. The new America is the final chapter in a 200 year old experiment, showing the natural state of man is not freedom but tyranny and oppression. … One the bright side, maybe the world will end on 12-21-12 and we won’t have to witness it, but I don’t think we’re that lucky.

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- nighttrainno9
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 9:55pm
  Do not rule out revolution and civil war and UN invasions.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:06pm
Yes Barry the simpletons who inflicted you on us believe your BS lies,unfortunately for us they do have enough intelligence to vote and not much beyond that. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and your health care law will finish off what’s left of the small businesses and force everyone onto government health insurance. Of course that’s your plan and it’ll destroy millions of jobs and health care as well,fundamental transformation brought to you by a Marxist mulatto POS.

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- mash4077
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:51pm
  well said, sir
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:27pm
  Thanks for the vid, it is as I thought. I fear we have identified the problem, question is …..How do we fix it? Trust me……I’m wracking my brain.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:58pm
  STELEX You’re welcome,yes the problem started roughly a century ago and gradually we lost what it meant to be a constitutional republic.It’ll take a generation maybe two to correct the problem but time is a luxury we do not have because our day of reckoning is fast approaching. Our education system has to be wrested from progressives because they’re the problem,they’ve taught kids that America is the cause of all the worlds problems and it must be ‘fundamentally transformed’. Enter Obama and you know how that’s turned out,he read a book about Marxism and thought it would be a great idea for America and he’s currently dismantling capitalism. Do we have a chance for recovery?
  We’ll go through another depression that’s a fact,how we emerge is unknown.
  
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- nighttrainno9
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 10:41pm
  We will emerge after the govt. in washington is thrown down
  and a constitutional republic is once again established.
  
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Sicialian Eyeball
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:03pm
This guy has no shame or conscience. Animal.

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DadRocked
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:02pm
Your words are nice and reassuring… BUT, you and your administration’s actions do not back up your words… Where I was raised, this household phrase comes to mind… BALDERDASH!

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Micmac
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:01pm
The book he was looking up was, “The Man Who Would Be King.” The book we would by is by Richard Farina, “Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me.”

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Tri-ox
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 5:59pm
Pharaohbama: ‘I will not rest until every single small business in America has been destroyed!’

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Micmac
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 5:58pm
Photo op, that’s all. He doesn’t care about small businesses, only opportunities that make him look like he cares about things. His look at me attitude.

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IndyGuy
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 5:56pm
He doesn’t believe a word he said…He believes that big business and it’s unionized workers along with Gov’t workers in Public Employee unions are the backbone of America…

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- Micmac
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:03pm
  Socialism requires Corporatism to function so big business is his staple. Small businesses are forced into a Black Market situation, if not just run out of business. Think WalMart.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:33pm
  MicMac, Socialism doesn’t need big business, that’s Fascism. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini used to be a member of the Communists. He came to the realization that Communism could not properly function and was a poor vehicle to acheive the ideals of Karl Marx. Fascism marries the Autocratic centralized control of government to the State. Large entities at first see a wealth of benfit as their competitors are ruined or regulated away, and smaller less useful entities are crushed for the betterment of the State. Socialism can work without business, but never ever ever on a State or National scale. You can find socalistic societies among small communes in which everyone knows each other, and all agree to supress their natural human natures for the betterment of the small group as a whole. Even then, most socialist communes self destruct anyway.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:51pm
  * control of government to big business
  
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- Micmac
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:21pm
  At Cav
  
  On a small scale yes you are right, like communes. But on a Statist scale there have to be large corps, usually state run. What I see China trying to do is also dribble in a little Capitalism into the mix, too.
  Some of the Chinese people are being allowed to develop wealth besides the chosen few. That is why I know of one local company that is trying to place mainland China monies here in the millions of dollars monthly, with the idea that the people can move here and apply for citizenship based upon the 500k placement rule. Fung Shui here we come. Actually I’ve been involved with the Taiwanese placement personally off and on for about 15 years, the peak being when the mainland was shooting rockets over the island.
  
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- clodius
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 10:35am
  …and barry is the alimentary canal of our country
  
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