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| Mike | Nov 3 2011, 01:09 AM Post #21 |
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I alluded to that in my first line of the last post Chris. Misplaced trust. |
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| Chris | Nov 3 2011, 02:00 AM Post #22 |
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Right, so I echoed it. Difference is you focus distrust on corporations mainly and government little when both are to blame, and, as you also mention, alll of us for letting it happen. |
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| Thumper | Nov 3 2011, 06:48 AM Post #23 |
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Let me rephrase that, "employed, one vote. Retirees get no vote. OK? In your case you aren't retired, you are still gainfully employed. One vote for you. |
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| Chris | Nov 3 2011, 07:00 AM Post #24 |
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So employers can't vote or are they gainfully employed in employing others? In general I agree though. |
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| Thumper | Nov 3 2011, 07:17 AM Post #25 |
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Employers are given the vote. |
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| Mike | Nov 3 2011, 10:10 AM Post #26 |
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Since you are re-defining voter eligibility, why not go one step further. To qualify one must have completed graduate school, be gainfully employed and a property owner. |
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| Chris | Nov 3 2011, 10:18 AM Post #27 |
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Property owner would be good. Schooling, non-qualifying. |
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| Mike | Nov 3 2011, 10:28 AM Post #28 |
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My point being that who decides and at what height do you place the bar. |
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| tomdrobin | Nov 3 2011, 12:35 PM Post #29 |
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Money is power, corporations get power from the wealth they generate. Some misuse that power by using that wealth to enfluence the political process. It's much more subtle than outright illegal activity like taking bribes. And, it's not just an innocent process like trying to get their positions heard. Political candidates are dependent on campaign contributions to get elected. Few business interests are going to make the contributions without expecting a return on their investment. |
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| Chris | Nov 3 2011, 11:16 PM Post #30 |
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Money is not power, money is a commodity, a good, of subjective value, traded just like anything else as an economic means to what you desire, or as a political means. It's the latter that's the problem, the use of money, more generally, wealth, to purchase political power from a corrupt government, as you eventually put it: "Some misuse that power by using that wealth to enfluence the political process...." etc which I agree with. So now how do you stop it? Do you regulate the generation of wealth needed to solve problems with poverty, hunger, overpopulation, pollution, global warming etc etc etc? Or do you regulate a corrupt government's ability to take bribes for re-election in exchange for power? Edited by Chris, Nov 3 2011, 11:17 PM.
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