The "free market" has spoken with its invisible hand!

[leftofthedial]

And the "free market" mythology has failed. Big time.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Totally! The free market is just a way to scam the middle class and the working poor nt

[Turbineguy]

2. The Free Market is a great idea.

It just doesn't work so well when people are involved.

[Andy823]

4. Especially

"GREEDY" people!

[Turbineguy]

7. I wasn't thinking greedy

as much as dishonest.

[Ikonoklast]

3. There has never been a free market in this country.

There has always been socialism for the businesses that could afford to purchase lawmakers, and the Devil take everyone else.

[leftofthedial]

8. hence the quotation marks

[Ikonoklast]

10. More like, we have all been played for "marks".

I wonder if all the "free market" bloviators will ever begin to understand that winners and losers in our economic system are picked by whoever controls the right to spend the government's (our) money.

Thus has it always been since we've been a republic.

[leftofthedial]

11. that's why they steal elections

[smoogatz]

5. So, what, the free market speaks in sign language?

:shrug:

[leftofthedial]

9. *invisible* sign language

and it's giving us all the one-finger salute

[liberalmuse]

6. The "free market" had been manipulated...

by the corporate oligarchy since it's inception. "Free market", my ass.