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isadore

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Aug 3, 2012 8:11 AM
you are able to act freely within the limits set by the representatives selected by the people. any limit set which the people disapprove of can be abolished and representative acting against the will of the people can be removed.
Aug 3, 2012 8:11am
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Con_Alma

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Aug 3, 2012 6:53 PM
isadore;1239531 wrote:you are able to act freely within the limits set by the representatives selected by the people. any limit set which the people disapprove of can be abolished and representative acting against the will of the people can be removed.
So I can't do what I want as previously posted. I didn't think so.
Aug 3, 2012 6:53pm
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isadore

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Aug 3, 2012 7:40 PM
in our democracy the people have the ultimate power.
Aug 3, 2012 7:40pm
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Con_Alma

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Aug 4, 2012 4:23 AM
isadore;1239914 wrote:in our democracy the people have the ultimate power.
I can't do what I want as you stated.
Aug 4, 2012 4:23am
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isadore

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Aug 4, 2012 8:22 AM
as was written the people determine the laws in a liberal democracy
Aug 4, 2012 8:22am
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Footwedge

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Aug 4, 2012 12:09 PM
I dislike the megalarge corps for the exact same reasons that Adam Smith disliked corporations. Maybe Smith was a closet liberal.
Aug 4, 2012 12:09pm
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Con_Alma

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Aug 4, 2012 5:25 PM
isadore;1240055 wrote:as was written the people determine the laws in a liberal democracy
Which has nothing to do with my comments but i appreciate the repetitive contribution. I simply don't understand the need for the repitition but that's neither here nor there.

You stated I can do what I want which I can't.
Aug 4, 2012 5:25pm
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isadore

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Aug 4, 2012 6:12 PM
the people determine the laws of our nation.
Aug 4, 2012 6:12pm
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Con_Alma

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Aug 5, 2012 7:09 AM
I can't do what I want as you previously stated.
Aug 5, 2012 7:09am
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isadore

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Aug 5, 2012 8:21 AM
gosh a ruddies i have answered that question so many times
in our representative democracy the people ultimately make the laws.
Aug 5, 2012 8:21am
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isadore

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Aug 5, 2012 8:23 AM
Footwedge;1240120 wrote:I dislike the megalarge corps for the exact same reasons that Adam Smith disliked corporations. Maybe Smith was a closet liberal.
they use the advantages granted them by the government to dominate the economy.
Aug 5, 2012 8:23am
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Con_Alma

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Aug 5, 2012 1:34 PM
isadore;1240384 wrote:gosh a ruddies i have answered that question so many times
in our representative democracy the people ultimately make the laws.
It was a question it was a statement.

I can't do want I want to as you previously stated.
Aug 5, 2012 1:34pm
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Con_Alma

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Aug 5, 2012 1:35 PM
isadore;1240385 wrote:they use the advantages granted them by the government to dominate the economy.
...and if the government is the people....shame on the people if they don't want the corporations to dominate the economy.
Aug 5, 2012 1:35pm
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Footwedge

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Aug 5, 2012 6:08 PM
Con_Alma;1240457 wrote:...and if the government is the people....shame on the people if they don't want the corporations to dominate the economy.
We never needed corporations. Adam Smith had it correct. It's all about laissez-faire...until it isn't.
Aug 5, 2012 6:08pm
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isadore

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Aug 5, 2012 7:28 PM
Con_Alma;1240457 wrote:...and if the government is the people....shame on the people if they don't want the corporations to dominate the economy.
the people rose up in the early 20th century and put necessary controls on these artificial entities. hopefully they will soon reassert their controls.
Aug 5, 2012 7:28pm
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isadore

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Aug 5, 2012 7:38 PM
Con_Alma;1240455 wrote:It was a question it was a statement.

I can't do want I want to as you previously stated.
i have consistently described you and the rest of us live under laws that are ultimately the responsibility of the people in our representative democracy.
Aug 5, 2012 7:38pm
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Con_Alma

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Aug 5, 2012 7:51 PM
isadore;1240633 wrote:i have consistently described you and the rest of us live under laws that are ultimately the responsibility of the people in our representative democracy.
Thanks.

I can't do what I want like you posted earlier.
Aug 5, 2012 7:51pm
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Con_Alma

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Aug 5, 2012 7:52 PM
isadore;1240627 wrote:the people rose up in the early 20th century and put necessary controls on these artificial entities. hopefully they will soon reassert their controls.
Until such time...the people are responsible and have chosen poorly. It will take more than hope to change that.
Aug 5, 2012 7:52pm
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Con_Alma

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Aug 5, 2012 7:52 PM
Footwedge;1240594 wrote:We never needed corporations. Adam Smith had it correct. It's all about laissez-faire...until it isn't.
Needs and wants don't mean a thing. All that matters is what is.
Aug 5, 2012 7:52pm
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gut

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Aug 5, 2012 7:58 PM
Con_Alma;1240643 wrote:Needs and wants don't mean a thing. All that matters is what is.
How many of the corporate-hating, outsourcing-hating 99% love their IPhone?...made in China, for the largest company in the world.
Aug 5, 2012 7:58pm
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Con_Alma

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Aug 5, 2012 8:00 PM
gut;1240648 wrote:How many of the corporate-hating, outsourcing-hating 99% love their IPhone?...made in China, for the largest company in the world.
I would guess it's near 95% that love their iPhone.
Aug 5, 2012 8:00pm
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isadore

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Aug 6, 2012 8:24 AM
Con_Alma;1240641 wrote:Until such time...the people are responsible and have chosen poorly. It will take more than hope to change that.
the hope tied to the ultimate power of the people in our represenative democracy over an chartered artificial entity.
Aug 6, 2012 8:24am
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isadore

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Aug 6, 2012 8:46 AM
Con_Alma;1240640 wrote:Thanks.

I can't do what I want like you posted earlier.
what I have posted is that America is a representive democracy where the people have popular sovereignty.
Aug 6, 2012 8:46am
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QuakerOats

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Aug 8, 2012 11:17 AM
gut;1240648 wrote:How many of the corporate-hating, outsourcing-hating 99% love their IPhone?...made in China, for the largest company in the world.

As a matter of principle they should throw down their IPhone.

Rampant mindlessness.
Aug 8, 2012 11:17am
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isadore

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Aug 8, 2012 6:25 PM
as a matter of democratic principle
the government should tightly regulate the artificial entities that it charters.
Aug 8, 2012 6:25pm