"How Georgia declared war on its poorest citizens—leaving them to fight for themselves."

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by AcidSnake

Actually I would say that the 1% needs big government just as much as anyone else, if not more so.

The only reason this country has a strong central government is because of the efforts of founding fathers like James Madison. He strongly argued for a strong central government that protected wealthy property owners in Federalist Paper No. 10.

This is what the 1% need government for:

Good post, Snake. I don't agree with everything but your overall point is totally valid.

And it's not only the top 1% -- the upper 50% need government as much as the lower 50%.

That doesn't mean there isn't a colossal amount of stupidity, waste, corruption and self-dealing in government. There is, but the well to do participate and benefit from it, too.

[GeorgiatoChina]

One of the arguments that left libertarians make is that without a big central taxing government people would not be able to aquire and hold on to more wealth then they can defend.

It's silly to say the 1% doesn't need the government.

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by GeorgiatoChina

Yeah, all the corporation deserve the tax breaks and bail-outs. Corporate welfare > any other, right GT?

Corporations are people, my friend!