We've been dealing with practically non-existent regulation from the Bush administration in every department for nearly eight years. I don't think most people are happy with the results. I know I'm not..
You mean like the TSA or the Department of Homeland security? Yeah, you're right. Nothings been created under GW's watch.
I do wish your erroneous and false statement was true, though.
I didn't get it from TV, I got it from years spent as a union rep. I got it from the time I spent sitting across the board room table from them, watching as they spewed lies and tried to steal from us. No, my opinions on corporate America aren't the result of TV, they're the result of real world experience..
No they're not. Your views are the result of infantile syndrome in which you think the govt is your mommy and she's supposed to hold your hand and wipe your nose. Somewhere along the way you were taught this and believed it.
I was a hard-core conservative that worshiped at the alter of Limbaugh and Reagan until I spent a few years in union work. Once I started spending time in Washington when I was doing work for ALPA National, I saw how the political process really works, and I saw how the process was weighted against us "little people." The right only cares about the corporations and the rich. They'll throw you and I away like scraps in order to benefit their rich buddies..
You spent some time at ALPA National and now you're some kind of expert on political process? Get real.
But, let's say that your story is correct. You've just proven my point, thank you very much. You see, you of all people should have learned from your vast "experience" in DC that govt can't be trusted. You basically just said so. Obviously, the govt has some self serving intrest...in this case big corporations. Who knows, next year it might be enviornmentalists, and next year it might be religious extremists. The point (that you just helped me prove) is that DC can be bought by anyone. I guess that's ok as long as the people calling the shots are people you like. But next year they may not be people you like.
So instead of hoping that you get people you like, instead of hoping that the politicians will create laws favorable to you, why don't we tie the hands of govt and take care of ourselves?
A billion dollar fine would hurt their pocket book pretty good, and it would be a lot more effective than your laughable "consumer reviews.".
You're problem is that you seem to think that the govt is the all knowing guardian that will do whatever it takes to protect "the little guy." If the govt deems it nesseccary than it must be good and righteous. You have alot more faith in politicians than I do which is either very sad or very scary.
You and Thomas Jefferson are not on the same page, my friend. Thomas Jefferson considered large corporations to be inherently evil and corrupt. Thomas Jefferson was a champion of the little man, not the rich..
Really? My History Degree says otherwise. Clearly, you and Thomas Jefferson are not on the same page.
Here, try this quote:
"...a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own persuits 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 1801
Or how about this:
"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the govt of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?" -Thomas Jefferson 1801
I've got plenty more. I'll be happy to share them with you.
I think you're the one that needs to do a little more studying on the causes of the Great Depression. You should also learn why the Fed was created. Our economy was a mess before its creation..
In a nutshell: In the late 1920's the ecomoy wasn't doing poorly. The Fed was pumping dollars into the economy, called the "injection effect," and inflating the dollar. Most of these dollars were being invested into the stock market. This "false money" tricked people and corporations to invest their "real money" into the market as well. This was called malinvestment. To stop the runaway inflation the Fed stopped creating dollars which triggered a depression. People got scared and tried to pull their money out of the market at the same time. The market collapsed causing the great depression. Thank you, Washington, for inflating the dollar and causing the depression.
"...that paper money has some advantages, is admitted. But that its abuses are also inevitable, and, by breaking up the measure of value, makes a lottery of all private property, cannot be denied. Shall we ever be able to put a constitutional veto on it?" -Thomas Jefferson 1817
The original Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, were fine the way they were. The 16th amendment, which was ratified in 1913, is a perfect example of how the govt meddled with the law and screwed things up. Looks like you just helped me prove my point again.
If someone ratified the constitution tommorow to say that it was ok for me to come and take all of your possessions would you be mad if I said "
well, its in the constitution. Tough luck."
Don't hide behind a document. Just because its written on paper doesn't make it right.
I would still like to know how much of your own money you've donated to all the helpless people who were taken advatage of by the big evil mortgage companies. Normally I wouldn't ask but since you insist that I help pay for it I figure I have a right to know how much you've given.
