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Igel

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3. Because no (D) is allowed to own a business?

Reply to Whip-poor-will (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 10:03 AM

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Hardly. A lot of businesses are owned by Democrats. And some even by Progressives.

When you're facing a real thin profit margin and you can pay your employees high wages and feel good while you're running yourself into a hard bankruptcy--and maybe taking your dependents on it--you do things that maybe don't sit quite right. Esp. that don't sit quite right with others.

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