Dick Tuck
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- Aug 29, 2009
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Yes, it's just a blog. But it makes an interesting argument, using facts. So instead of shooting the messenger, and feeble minded flaming (from both sides). Let's try something new, and have an intelligent discussion (yeah, I know I'm dreaming).
What The Founding Fathers Thought About Corporations
One interesting observation comes from Jefferson.
snopes.com: Thomas Jefferson on Banks
Private Banks (Quotation) « Thomas Jefferson
Thread killa!
I repeat, the whole premise is based on a quote that Founding Father Jefferson never made.
The whole premise? Hardly. Why did real patriots throw the property of the East Indian Tea Company into Boston Harbor. BTW, Snopes didn't dispute the statement, nor did it provide an alternative view of Jefferson. Our founders distrusted the corrupting power of corporations. That fact is clear.
If the author got hoodwinked on that one, so be it. It certainly doesn't change the fact of how our founders bridled limited liability corporations soon after our founding, nor does it make the premise false.
Are you able to present a compelling argument that claims that our founders were in strong favor of limited liability corporations?