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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:53 AM Original message |
In the United States, the people do not come first, corporations do. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. which is why everyone should incorporate... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Since I have been involved in business most of my working life, |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. myself as well... |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Whenever the US Chamber of Commerce reps would come to my business |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. LOL. Our family business went along the same approach in dealing |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. I do not belong to my local chamber of commerce |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. Dupe..sorry. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. Yes...and if you moved South in the last 20 years...you had to go to "Prayer Breakfasts" |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Prayer Breakfasts in the am, lap dances in the pm. nt |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. it's not the structure, it's the money. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Bribe-fest is right. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Best idea ever!!!! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. Thanks. |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Nice! |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
61. That is crazy enough to work... What should it be called? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. We need to get lobbyist money out of government. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I agree with you but we are trapped in the current system. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I took a Gov't and Politics class in 1993 while in College and we |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Campaign dollars are the milk of today's politics. Thus, the overall |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Yup. Bribery is exactly what it is. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
9. In the United States, corporations are people. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Unfortunately, you are correct. A piece of paper is on the same level |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Good point. nt |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. Corporate Representative Republic |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. For those of you that are against HR 676 in lieu of the House Bill |
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Chisox08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. The people will never represented as longs as there is privately funded campaigns |
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mullard12ax7 (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. Greedy people who work for corporations disagree |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. THIS is the war Americans should be fighting. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. The war on social terrorists ...bring it on! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. +1, you have named it well. nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. And you are exactly correct |
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Eyerish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R n/t |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Sinclair Lewis, among others (Thomas Jefferson) predicted this. nt |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
62. Abraham Lincoln quote: 1863 |
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VPStoltz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Because corporations are considered persons. |
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Sparky 1 (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. We need an amendment... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. With the lobby system in place, I don't know how. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. It probably would've been possible 150 years ago or further back. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. I'm all for it, Sparky! nt |
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PainPerdu (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Start with the Reclaim Democracy website |
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Sparky 1 (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. Thanks!! I hope everyone will book mark and support that. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. By educating people you know about corporate person hood. |
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Sparky 1 (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Wxcellent! I'm surprised there are people who don't know, though. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. Corporations and guns have more rights than people. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I have to remember that line. |
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PainPerdu (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Old Italian Proverb |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. knr! n/t |
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lexanman (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. K and R |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. What a novel idea! |
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lexanman (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. thank you |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. Government of, by and for the corporations |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Yes, contrary to what the GOP says |
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PainPerdu (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Amen |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Let's not forget that... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. But like the rest |
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Sparky 1 (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. There are grandmothers present |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. The Epiphany ! |
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Celtic Merlin (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
56. I've been saying this for FIVE DAMN YEARS now... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 06:44 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. It's a nice dream but they vote in their own interests. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
57. Corporate personhood. Let's all become corporations; our own little LLCs? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. But will we have enough money to pay lobbyists so as to buy |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
60. Anyone or anything with lots of |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
63. Looks like a great brochure. K&R. /nt |
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