Toddsterpatriot
Diamond Member
Ban capitalist super PACs first, the so-called "citizens united" scheme in place for the rich to legally bribe politicians. Actually better yet, just ban capitalists.
Citizen's United is about free speech.
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Ban capitalist super PACs first, the so-called "citizens united" scheme in place for the rich to legally bribe politicians. Actually better yet, just ban capitalists.
Another "self-made" billionaire asking for government subsidies (after he's already gotten billions)
The problem is that no matter what measures you take to control billionaires, they will always use their money in ways that serve their own interests and not necessarily that of the public good. It's not very "American" to give so much power to one individual or one family. That's more like a monarchy than republicanism or democracy.
It's about the rich buying the government to serve their vested interests at the great expense of the public. The American people should take money out of politics.
It's not very "American" to give so much power to one individual or one family.
Give?
Even rich people get to make movies that make Hillary look bad.
The American people should take money out of politics.
You'd have to get the government out of the economy first.
Yes "give". Without society, without the working-class/paying consumers/markets, without the government providing us with a currency, infrastructure, courts that protect patents, property rights..etc, facilitating the means to conduct commerce, there would be no billionaires. American society allows people to amass billions of its dollars, hence we have these rich monsters that essentially control everything with their money. There's no law written anywhere in the heavens that stipulates that human society has to allow the existence of billionaires.
There wouldn't be an economy without government. That statement reveals how ignorant you are of economics.
You're ignorant.
When the government controls trillions of dollars, people will be interested in
influencing where that money goes. How do you stop that? By outlawing contributions?
It is impossible to separate assets from private or public politics.Yes "give". Without society, without the working-class/paying consumers/markets, without the government providing us with a currency, infrastructure, courts that protect patents, property rights..etc, facilitating the means to conduct commerce, there would be no billionaires. American society allows people to amass billions of its dollars, hence we have these rich monsters that essentially control everything with their money. There's no law written anywhere in the heavens that stipulates that human society has to allow the existence of billionaires.
The government already controls trillions of dollars, because it is the exclusive issuer of the dollar. Your statement is gobbledygook. Washington politicians receive great government salaries with benefits that most people in the private sector can only dream about. There should be a $2000 cap on political contributions for each individual citizen, hence no one will be able to control the legislative process with their money by paying politicians hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in donations, as they often do.
All you have are cheap ad hominem, personal attacks against my character, demonstrating you have no real argument against what I've said. Insults are the refuge of a weak argument.
To run for office costs at least a few hundred thousand dollars and contributors want favors in return.What do you mean by the impossibility of separating assets from politics? Elaborate a bit.
The government already controls trillions of dollars, because it is the exclusive issuer of the dollar.
The government controls trillions of dollars because of taxes and regulation, not because the Fed.
Washington politicians receive great government salaries with benefits that most people in the private sector can only dream about.
Yes they do.
There should be a $2000 cap on political contributions for each individual citizen,
Why? The limits we already have don't work? Why would your new ones?
Will you also control MNCs being able to fire their employees when their investors pull out?The limits can stop large corporate donations, it would be across the board. The federal government is the exclusive issuer of the USD and the Fed is simply a government-chartered financial institution acting as our nation's central bank, so your statement about the Fed is incoherent. The United States has a sovereign, fiat currency issued exclusively by its federal government through its central bank i.e. The Fed.