I guess for simple minded pea brains the solutions are just as simple. I don't advocate government control over individuals, but I DO advocate government control over private entities, banks and corporations that destroyed our economy and have been feeding on the middle class.
You're still dodging. If that is true than you should be firmly oppossed to policies that make individuals less free, like say removing people's choice in whether to purchase health insurance or not. Removing choice is the definition of restriction on freedom. PUT UP OR SHUT UP personal freedom lover. Are you or are you not opposed to government requiring individuals to make private purchases?
You right wing morons don't even know how we got in this mess.
I guarantee that you, your neighbors and fellow countrymen that are forced to file for bankruptcy, are crushed by medical bills or receive dire economic news in their mailbox are not victims of too much government control. They are victims of not ENOUGH regulation and consumer protection.
30+ years of conservative dominated politics has created a plutocracy. And the strong middle class liberals created, which defined America, is being systematically dismantled.
You couldn't be more wrong if you wanted to be.
More government, whether it be regulation of industry or individuals equals less freedom. That isn't open to debate. Corporations are comprised of individuals trying to exercise their freedoms. The freedom to do business how they see fit. More government regulation BY DEFINITION is a restriction of choice and thus freedom. Government regulation of industry doesn't expand the freedom's of individuals. All it does is allow them to remain willfully ignorant, irresponsible consumers. No one held a gun to the head's of all those people that couldn't afford to buy those homes they couldn't really afford. No one stopped them from educating themselves about the terms of their mortgage. No one shoved a few extra slices of pizza down your throat, hastening your way to a heart attack
You are the only that clearly doesn't get why we are we are. It's clear because their is variable in this equation that you liberals absolutely refuse to acknowledge as part of the problem, YOURSELVES. Your pissed because the economy is in the tank? Did you or anyone else ever look in a mirror and ask how you may have contributed to the problem? Was it perhaps due to the righteous mentality you have about what you think you deserve and not whether you can actually pay for it? Or maybe your pissed off at the state of health care. Ever ask yourself what you are doing to contribute to that? How many pounds overweight are you? What's your exercise and diet regimen like? People simply not taking care of themselves is probably the biggest contributor to the strain on our health care system.
You 'pea brain' liberals need to give up in thinking things are going to change because as a group you are completely incapable of self accountability.
Hey pea brain, WHAT did our founding fathers create? Here is a clue for pea brains...A GOVERNMENT.
HOW did our founding father's GOVERNMENT treat these 'Corporations comprised of individuals trying to exercise their freedoms.'?
When American colonists declared independence from England in 1776, they also freed themselves from control by English corporations that extracted their wealth and dominated trade. After fighting a revolution to end this exploitation, our country's founders retained a healthy fear of corporate power and wisely limited corporations exclusively to a business role. Corporations were forbidden from attempting to influence elections, public policy, and other realms of civic society.
Initially, the privilege of incorporation was granted selectively to enable activities that benefited the public, such as construction of roads or canals. Enabling shareholders to profit was seen as a means to that end.
The states also imposed conditions (some of which remain on the books, though unused) like these:
* Corporate charters (licenses to exist) were granted for a limited time and could be revoked promptly for violating laws.
* Corporations could engage only in activities necessary to fulfill their chartered purpose.
* Corporations could not own stock in other corporations nor own any property that was not essential to fulfilling their chartered purpose.
* Corporations were often terminated if they exceeded their authority or caused public harm.
* Owners and managers were responsible for criminal acts committed on the job.
* Corporations could not make any political or charitable contributions nor spend money to influence law-making.
For 100 years after the American Revolution, legislators maintained tight control of the corporate chartering process. Because of widespread public opposition, early legislators granted very few corporate charters, and only after debate. Citizens governed corporations by detailing operating conditions not just in charters but also in state constitutions and state laws. Incorporated businesses were prohibited from taking any action that legislators did not specifically allow.
States also limited corporate charters to a set number of years. Unless a legislature renewed an expiring charter, the corporation was dissolved and its assets were divided among shareholders. Citizen authority clauses limited capitalization, debts, land holdings, and sometimes, even profits. They required a company's accounting books to be turned over to a legislature upon request. The power of large shareholders was limited by scaled voting, so that large and small investors had equal voting rights. Interlocking directorates were outlawed. Shareholders had the right to remove directors at will.
