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Major Study Finds The US Is An Oligarchy
Business Insider ^
| 4/16/2014
| Business Insider
Posted on 04/16/2014 12:04:10 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59
The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, by Emmanuel Goldstein
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posted on
04/16/2014 1:07:39 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(Are all Democrats inveterate, habitual liars?)
To: Dallas59
The power that our politicians have make them worthy of purchase by corporation, unions and other special interests.
Eliminate the complex tax code, and our politicians become far far less powerful and less worth buying.
The problem is not that the corporations buy influence, it's that the government sells it.
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posted on
04/16/2014 1:14:58 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: caligatrux
That would be Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. That's a Presidentially myopic perspective. The Executive has great influence, but does not write laws.
The Legislative branch does, and congressmen are much cheaper to buy than Presidents.
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posted on
04/16/2014 1:17:20 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Armando Guerra
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posted on
04/16/2014 1:18:56 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
That's a Presidentially myopic perspective. The Executive has great influence, but does not write laws.
The Legislative branch does, and congressmen are much cheaper to buy than Presidents.
Excellent point, I agree. I was just trying to put the time frame of the study in perspective. And, as we all know, this will be used not to point out the corruption of the current regime, but to smear Reagan and blame Bush.
To: caligatrux
You’re right. Like the homeless, these studies dry up and disappear during Democratic Administrations.
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posted on
04/16/2014 1:28:17 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Dallas59
But the law is made
by one class of men. Law cannot exist without the sanction and the support of a preponderant force, it must finally place this force in the hands of those who legislate. This inevitable phenomenon
explains the almost universal perversion of law. Instead of being a check upon injustice, it becomes its most invincible instrument.
Frederic Bastiat, 1850
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posted on
04/16/2014 1:48:08 PM PDT
by
Dexter Morgan
(Everyone hides who they are.)
To: Armando Guerra
I’ve assumed for years that none of us have any idea who pulls the strings of the shadow government that is currently ruling over us.
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posted on
04/16/2014 1:53:14 PM PDT
by
subterfuge
(CBS NBC ABC FOX AP-- all no different than Pravda.)
To: Armando Guerra
It's funny how there is always more money raised and spent in the race for County Commissioner than the race for Dog Catcher.
The more power the law gives to an office, the more people will try to have influence over the individual who holds the office.
It is human nature. The founders of the Republic were students of human nature and wrote the Constitution to protect against it.
It worked for a while.
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posted on
04/16/2014 2:02:43 PM PDT
by
nitzy
To: Dallas59
Elites pointing out the country is run by elites. Interesting.
To: Dallas59
The U.S. government does not represent the interests of the majority of the country's citizens, but is instead ruled by those of the rich and powerful, a new study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities has concluded.This is not "new" news. Michael Savage has been telling his talk radio audience that the US is an Oligarchy for years.
To me the interests of the vast majority of the people of this country have been suffering since Reagan left office, IMO.
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posted on
04/16/2014 3:52:54 PM PDT
by
olezip
(Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature. ~ Cicero)
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