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WebsterMark wrote on 03/21/18 at 06:09:46:Really? How has that worked out so far?[/b]
How has that worked out? Pretty darn good so far.
Really? So you're cool with the direction of the Country in the last 15 years or so? Ha!
Presumably we both work for corporations whom it is to our benefit they succeed.
Speak for yourself. But I understand the need for a corporation to succeed. I'm not anti-capitalist. I'm anti-government bribery.
The three things that connects us are a place to live, computers and motorcycles; only one of which is a necessity. You and I live better than the vast majority of the world. Out of 7.5 billion, this is a guess, but we live better than 5.5 billion, maybe 6.5 billion. Not sure. We live in a nation that is, at least these use to be the numbers I assume they're still close, 3% of the population but 25% of the world's GDP.
So it's worked out pretty well.
Again, speak for yourself. Have you ever lived in an oligarchy?
This last presidential election cycle, a 3rd party candidate (Trump) was forced onto the Republican party and won the nomination.
LOL - "3rd party"?? No, sorry, he was a reality TV star who's ego is roughly the size of Montana. But that's a point for another thread.
On the Democratic side, if they hadn't changed the rules, their own outside candidate, (Sanders) would likely had been the candidate against their preferred candidate, Hilary. And he would have won in a walk against our current president - but again, that's another thread.
No. Because by giving a massive amount of money to a campaign, it unfairly tilts the scale in favor of the corporation. The corporation has massive amounts of money BECAUSE you and I gave it to them. We have voice our approval.
LOL - ok web. If you don't see the flaw in your logic, then you should keep giving your money to all the big box stores and never shop at a mom and pop ever again.
Not true. Mom and Pop stores win business because they offer what big box stores can't. The point is I CHOOSE which to buy from and when I choose Menards over the local hardware store, that sends a message.
So let me get this straight, if the local store has a pipe fitting you need for $10 and the big box has it for $8, you'd go to the big box over the local? Corporations have items that are loss leaders and buy in huge volume - that's what gets people in. That's how they put the mom and pops out of business. Yes, that does send a message.
Money in politics is NOT our biggest threat to democracy. It's partisan news outlets. Technically, any media outlet that is partisan is NOT news. Plus, if you take out the PAC money, the dark money, etc., there goes all that ad revenue that's spent on fox and msnbc and the like. No ad revenue, no more beholden to a party.
Think about it - back in the 60's there was no partisan news. There was no unlimited spending in politics. Coincidence? I don't think so.
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