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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:07 AM Original message |
Government IS the Problem |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. except our military and soldiers who kill and die for the corporate war profiteers nt |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Our soldiers are mere pawns for the rich. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. Is that really the role of government? To limit wealth? |
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Stargazer99 (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. When wealth becomes a problem for the common good, YES |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'm not seeing that as something in the constitution or stated as the goal of any legislation |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yes that is a main role of government. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Dangerous to freedom? |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Let's see. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. To avoid dangerous concentrations of wealth by exploiting the rest |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Two things...I can see a firms workers expecting a bigger piece of the pie they create. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. We agree on your last sentence anyway. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. It's obviously a big and complicated issue, but wealth is already being redistributed upward |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Gawd, dkf |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Didn't you say the role of the government is to keep the rich from getting richer? |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The rich have too much money as it is. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Gawd, dkf |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I'm wondering if it is the wealth of a nation when it is based on exploiting the people of other |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Exploiting |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yeah so don't the Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians, pakistanis, etc deserve it more than we do? |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Right |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. We have people running the government who HATE government. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. They don't want the government to go away. It has done their bidding for years. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yep. Ever since Reagan's reign |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Agree .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. When they took Pres. John F. Kennedy out, they also took out our people's government ...!! |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Truly |
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