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To: antienvironmentalist
I am not a liberal/leftist/statist, I am a conservative who believes in freedom. That is why I criticize the Republicans for promoting corporate welfare and special tax breaks and other special policies for big corporations, big corporations as they behave in America do not actually create jobs for Americans. It is a myth.

I know a bit about the intellectual history of fascism. Fascism as an ideology was invented by Mussolini in 1916 who promoted it as an alternative to international socialism which was a euphemism for communism at the time. Mussolini called this new idea 'national socialism' which was later shortened to 'nazi' by the Germans which was their acronym for national socialism. I don't know who came up with the fascist label, but it was an ideology of the intellectual left when it was invented, that's true.

In the 1930's the Republicans were a lot like the Republicans of today. There were prominent Republicans who did in fact openly praise Hitler for getting the job done in Germany. One Republican, Henry Ford, invested heavily in Germany during the 1930's. He built them all kinds of factories that they later used to build weapons with.

So, today's corporate welfare and special corporate tax breaks by the Republicans are nothing new.

If you don't believe me that Republicans seem to worship big corporations, then just read what you wrote. You said that we'd all die without them and that we owe them something special. No, they are nothing special and deserve no special consideration. Individuals are citizens of the United States. Corporations that have an American charter are not and our government should not serve them.

42 posted on 12/31/2001 11:48:25 AM PST by Red Jones
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To: Red Jones
Actually, corporations should NOT be taxed at all--because they don't actually pay those taxes, their customers do. All taxation should be on a pay-as-you-go basis, requiring a monthly check written to Uncle. Once people see how much government costs, shrinking government will actually happen.
50 posted on 12/31/2001 12:09:34 PM PST by Poohbah
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