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How come it is the consumers fault for the plethora of cheap Chinese Crap in this country and not the Bankers and Corporate Lobbyists that lobbied for disastrous trade pacts and yet it is the politicians fault for selling influence that get readily lapped up by the rich?
The rich are the majors consumers of political influence. Cut the money off and maybe politicians would have to start serving the whole country instead of an elect few.
"Stave the beast"????
It would work......just getting people to do it would be impossible.
It would work......just getting people to do it would be impossible.
Can't do it with people thinking it morally right for the government to take from one group to give to them. Then they have the nerve to say the rich are greedy when in fact the people demanding a free ride are the greedy.
Can't do it with people thinking it morally right for the government to take from one group to give to them. Then they have the nerve to say the rich are greedy when in fact the people demanding a free ride are the greedy.
Yep and the "leaders" of our nation have convinced the weak minded that it's the rich guys fault. Never mind that NOTHING happens in this country without a politician behind it.
Start putting your anger where it belongs. ON THE GOVERNMENT. Not the citizens.
And spare me the "b...buu...but the rich own the government" bullshirt.
If a politician wasn't standing there with his hand out, the rich guy would have no more say than you or I. All of us, rich and poor and everyone in between simply work within the rules set by our gov't. (see the first sentence of this paragraph)
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Originally Posted by J746NEW
How come it is the consumers fault for the plethora of cheap Chinese Crap in this country and not the Bankers and Corporate Lobbyists that lobbied for disastrous trade pacts and yet it is the politicians fault for selling influence that get readily lapped up by the rich?
The rich are the majors consumers of political influence. Cut the money off and maybe politicians would have to start serving the whole country instead of an elect few.
I now you probably meant "select few" but a Freudian slip of this magnitude deserves being called out. LOL. Elect few is correct.
Obviously you do not understand. You continue to blame anyone BUT the politicians. It's comical how people will go to great lengths to protect the govt yet demonize the rich etc.
Start with NAFTA and Clinton. THAT is your culprit for "cheap Chinese crap" That and the fact that Americans want their stuff CHEAP.
AGAIN....you blame "bankers and lobbyists" yet give the politician a pass. The politician who just got rich off of being a "public servant" and is THE ONE part of the equation that makes the whole thing go. AGAIN, stop them from accepting lobby money and there goes the power of the lobbyist. (this isn't hard, but I'm sure a lefty won't read that)
The left always clamored for globalization. Thinking that it will make it so the lower classes can afford things. (so they think that's what it means) As most everything thought up by the left, they mean well but in the real world it doesn't work. THAT is why we have stagnating wages and jobs moving over seas.
Don't blame the rich guys and the corps for taking their ball and moving over seas or to Mexico for cheaper labor because they are competing against other companies who already do the same. Blame the idiot left and politicians for believing that we can compete in the global market place with products AND sustain high wages HERE for those producing it. IT CAN'T work that way.
And who might be pulling the politicians' strings? Guys like you and me? Or those with the resources to buy armies of lawyers and lobbyists to influence every move their bought and paid for politicians make?
And once the present politicians are out of office, the money interests will be there to corrupt whoever takes their place.
LOL. You answered your own question. You blame the "rich" and the lobbyists for "buying" the politicians but refuse to blame the politicians for accepting the bribes. You then double down and say "once the present pols are out of office" the next guy will do the same thing!
AGAIN, your blame is in the wrong place. BLAME THE PEOPLE MAKING IT POSSIBLE. You know, the guy you just elected! If the politician says "NO"..nothing happens.
but that same politician will stand there on tv, right in front of you, and blame the big bad rich guy and then 10 minutes later he has his hand out for the $.
How can you not see you are being duped and lied to? The media has you brainwashed.
Capitalism can't exist without truly free markets. The mainstream cons like the monopolies they have due to govt regulation.
Socialism can't exist when it has to compete with capitalism. The mainstream libs love their union rackets while claiming to be in it "for the little guy".
This is why our mixed system benefits the 1% from both sides while everyone else is fighting for scraps.
and why the establishment is very tough to overtake.
LOL. You answered your own question. You blame the "rich" and the lobbyists for "buying" the politicians but refuse to blame the politicians for accepting the bribes. You then double down and say "once the present pols are out of office" the next guy will do the same thing!
AGAIN, your blame is in the wrong place. BLAME THE PEOPLE MAKING IT POSSIBLE. You know, the guy you just elected! If the politician says "NO"..nothing happens.
That would be the so-called "American" corporations and billionaires with their truckloads of campaign contributions. And what they're doing is legal, BTW. They've had their personal congressmen pass the laws making it all above board. I'm not sure how they've purchased the supreme court, but it's clear that they have, from recent rulings
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but that same politician will stand there on tv, right in front of you, and blame the big bad rich guy and then 10 minutes later he has his hand out for the $.
How can you not see you are being duped and lied to? The media has you brainwashed.
Capitalism can't exist without truly free markets. The mainstream cons like the monopolies they have due to govt regulation.
Socialism can't exist when it has to compete with capitalism. The mainstream libs love their union rackets while claiming to be in it "for the little guy".
This is why our mixed system benefits the 1% from both sides while everyone else is fighting for scraps.
This pretty much sums it up. I believe in a true free market, but regulation is needed to a certain extent. Obviously the amount of regulation we have has caused business to flock elsewhere. I would be better off running my business from my home country at this point, and market to Americans = win-win situation. More Americans should do that, let your main market be the U.S. citizens/businesses, and run the business from a way cheaper country.
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