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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 09:15 AM
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Weakly regulated Capitalism...
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...has led to predatory and monopolistic Capitalism.
Small businesses have been driven out by the KMarts, Targets, PetCos, and WalMarts of the world.

We treat corporations as people in the USA with the same rights as us.
Capitalism has been allowed to destroy free markets, small businesses, and has influence over Democracy itself.

Governmental restrictions, oversight, and regulations, on this economic and social system with the public good being the motivating factor could have avoided this situation we face, but here we are folks.


my 2 cents

:patriot:

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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 09:36 AM
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1. We now live in USA, Inc. By corporations, For corporations. Not what I
signed up for...
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 11:41 AM
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2. Would "Strongly regulated Capitalism" be a totalitarian government? n/t
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