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Originally Posted by Caligari
don't know if you're aware but the government has no interest to listen to the desires of it's people, so in this case it would appear that the people are taking their message directly to the problem.
the idea that it's the government's fault that they've allowed the wall street fiasco to happen is like saying "it's fine to be corrupt as long as the govt lets me do it."
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there is no corruption unless the the politicians take the money, and the power, from those who offer it.
the fact is that the government put all the mechanisms into place that allowed this to happen, and they did it for the power and money that it gave to those government officials. If the government was not allowed to meddle in this stuff, then there would be no point in people (from every industry), constantly bribing them with votes and money. The less power we give the government, the less they can screw with things. Like I have said, when a private company wants you to do something, you can just not do business with them by your own choice. and they can choose to not do business with YOU as their own choice. Once the government is involved, choices go away.
Remember, the government officials get offered bribes of power, votes and money because they can legally use force to make us comply. Are you saying that if someone offers your bribes to do something that you don't have the power of will to make a choice as to whether you are going to take it or not? You think these corrupt government officials are just "powerless" to say no to every bribe that comes their way?
If that is your contention, then it's an even stronger arguement for taking power over the free market out of their hands, since they obviously can't be trusted with it.
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