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Originally Posted by Relentless
We created a constitutional democracy to get away from those sorts of things, and put in separation of powers specifically to prevent concentration of influence. Now we are allowing money and a very tiny group of oligarchs to circumvent those safeguards.
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Uh...brother, I understand your compassion and all. But the constitution was NEVER put in place to stop people from acquiring wealth.
This country was born because of oppressive govt. and over-taxation.
Separation of powers had nothing to do with "influence". It has everything to do with keeping each part of govt. in check so that the Pres. couldn't be a "king" .
And again...as you keep ignoring...it's the GOVT that is the all-powerful entity.
The picture you are painting is that the "EVIL" "rich" people are forcing the poor innocent govt. to bow down to them.
Well, that ain't how it works.
The GOVT is for sale. Not the other way around. The Govt. has the power, and it doles out bits and pieces for companies that line the pockets of the individual Senators and Congressmen.
You can't buy what's not for sale.
And the Govt. has more money and power than all of them combined. Do you not agree with that?
How can the banks or oil companies "own" an entity that could not only buy and sell them several times over...but has the power to forcibly shut them down and/or take them over and nationalize them.
No my friend. It takes two to tango. And this dance is orchestrated by the U.S. govt.
You have stated that 100 years ago there was no way that only 85 people could have so much of a percentage of the wealth.
Well, how about the U.S. Govt.?
100 years ago, in 1913 the entire federal budget was 714 MILLION dollars
In 1961 when I was born it was 94.4 BILLION dollars
In 2013 the govt. spent 3.8 TRILLION dollars.
A trillion is a thousand billion.
The numbers are mind numbing.
And we are in debt for over 17 TRILLION dollars.
I think it's time we stopped attacking each other as citizens...and started going after the REAL crooks in Washington D.C.