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Ah, Cuff and "Missing" Link...my favorite conservative twins.
------------------ Oh, yes, sitting. The great leveler. From the mightiest Pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit? ~C. Montgomery Burns
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Yes, I was surprised that I am a democrat too. I'm on a low income myself, so don't start that junk with me. You seem to miss the fact that via taxes and proper regulation any corporate asswipe who starts to overcharge will get his head kicked in so badly that he won't have a choice but to bend. That's not a bad thing.
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Unless, of course, it drives the company out of business, destroying hundreds or thousands of jobs. But, hey, we know that the fortunes of those evil corporations don't have any effect on real people, don't we?
------------------ "Still one thing more fellow-citizens--A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government..." -Thomas Jefferson
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Incredible! Taxes drive companies out of business! Why didn't I think of that? How in the world did our economy survive under the 8-year Clinton administration? Where did Bill Gates get his 34 billion? It must be a miracle of God Almighty, I tell ya.
------------------ "Life end when you die. But imagination share with others, live forever." --Quan, Final Fantasy IX
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Well Ziyal, there are those who have bought lock, stock and smoking barrel into the old Calvin Coolidge idea that the business of America is business. By extension anything that harms the profit margin of business harms America.
Rather a red herring in that it is far too singular and simplistic.
Business talks out of one side of the business face about free market this and free market that. However the other side of the face is asking for, accepting and defending government assistance and corporate welfare while eschewing regulation. That speaks volumes about the hypocracy of the corporate world.
------------------ Oh, yes, sitting. The great leveler. From the mightiest Pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit? ~C. Montgomery Burns
[This message has been edited by Jay (edited January 16, 2001).]
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