Its great to talk about personal freedoms to a point

Post #272,392 by bepatient 11/6/06 12:42:54 PM Reply	Its great to talk about personal freedoms to a point that point is when you start talking about those "idle rich". They didn't EARN it, and since >I< have to work...they shouldn't be allowed to HAVE it. Your freedom, they say, ends when you die. Then the government gets half, or more. Dupont gave away millions (billions in today terms) and these areas still today are parks, recreations areas, museums in this area. Given the mindset of most here...it should have, instead, gone to Washington to be spent on something useful...like a comprehensive federal study of blind albino newts in the new river. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #272,399 by Andrew Grygus 11/6/06 12:57:46 PM Reply	No - if they gave it away for parks and museums . . . . . it wouldn't be there for the government to tax when they died. The ones we're after are the "the purpose of wealth is to build more wealth" set. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #272,407 by bepatient 11/6/06 1:08:29 PM Reply	Right, those whose free choice wasn't the one you wanted;-) Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #272,439 by Ashton 11/6/06 6:25:32 PM Reply	No 'free choice'? Exactly!___when the current math + laws guarantee that fewer and fewer individuals shall control more and more of the aggregated wealth 'of the nation'. Already: the very-few indeed determine the fate of the 300M. And: the representatives who might alter that fact themselves, are thralls of the Thanes. (not You, Thane) They will not attempt to repair their bogus funding, thus ownership. Period. It's broken, Jim Only question is if.. we wait until the [yan Tipping Point\ufffd?] madness of the angry-mob renders temporary or permanent anarchy. And with all those keen new hi-tech implements of destruction.. Your freedom to purchase favorable lawmakers-thus-laws ends.. when I wake up and realize that Nobody 'earns' $300M/year except in an oligarchy. They steal it - by any of 100 synonyms. First: we must get back actual 'representation of the people'; then see if anyone will try voting again. These representatives are not Ours. If the ballots continue to fail at inducing self-reform of the Purchased nonrepresentatives, as they have to date: there are lots of bullets and testy psychotic Muricans appear to own a huge share of those. Just itchin - else why own so many and fondle them so often? It's broken. We don't have a lot of years to get back to being a sorta-Republic, y'know? There are today, only barely-peeped primordial forces arrayed against our farces - we'll change or die. Maybe die anyway - but with a whimper, too? 'Libertarian', eh? Is that the same as , I'm Alright, Jack?
Post #272,465 by bepatient 11/7/06 8:44:35 AM Reply	There is a choice and "you" can't seem to convince a mass to make that choice. These are "your" representatives. "You" can't seem to find qualified people to run because "you" are more interested in whether or not they actually did a bong hit in college or snorted powder of a young vixens breasts. (saw 6 campaign adds just now...wanna guess how many talked about issues as opposed to "this guys a schmuck?") And are you prepared to hand power back to the general populace of which you generally voice a low opinion? (keep an eye on the quotes) You thinks its broken. I think its bent but fixable and in its current state the better option than any other yet proposed. And I don't begrudge a man his wealth simply because I don't have it. I know enough that have earned it fairly. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}

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