On Jan 22, 9:30 pm, Joe from Kokomo wrote:
On Jan 22, 7:33 am, Joe from Kokomo wrote:
On Jan 22, 2:57 am, bpnjensen wrote:
Well, whatever else they've done - they have handed the elections and
thus, the lawmaking machinery, to the wealthiest corporations in
America.
Stevie Nichts wrote:
First, "the wealthiest corporations" include unions,
environmentalists,
and other left-wing special interests, and there's no point in
pretending otherwise.
Well, yeah, you're right -- kinda, sorta.
What you overlook is the simple fact that the Big Corporations have TONS
and TONS of money, waaay more than any union or "other left-wing special
interests" could ever hope to scrape up.
Stevie Nichts wrote:
Y'know, I keep hearing about this boogeyman, but I've yet
to see stats to back it up.
What boogeyman and what stats? It is pretty much intuitively obvious to
the casual observer that Big Business has more money than the Unions
because a) the unions have been decreasing in strength for years

Stevie Nichts wrote:

True only of non-government unions. Govenment unions, however, now
account for 51% of all union members -- and climbing.

Huh? Government unions climbing?

As in starting back when Ronnie Reagan smashed, shredded and destroyed
the Air Traffic Controller's union? THOSE government unions? ROTFL!!!

As an aside, it's interesting that a liberal (or so I presume)
believes that free speech is a 'red herring.' Civil rights and
civil liberties used to be a bedrock principle of the left.
When, exactly, did that change?

Making quite a leap there, aren't you Stevie?

I referred to YOUR use of it as a red herring in THIS discussion only.
You seem to have extrapolated it to a broad, general statement. Be
careful that you don't hurt yourself making such broad leaps. ;-)