Ultimate Inversion

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[quote=Casca]
I see who’s frothing at the mouth. Having taken the oath several times in my life to protect and defend the constitution from enemies both foreign and domestic, I take umbrage with those who seek to destroy the foundational principles of our nation for mere do-gooding. If the plight of the poor vexes you, vote with your checkbook, but leave your neighbor’s be.[/quote]

I took an oath to defend this country too.
Nowhere in that oath, was anything about preserving
profits for corporations. In fact, I read the constitution, it mentions Congress, the People and the states over 200 times. It never mentions corporations.

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It’s worth remembering that the American Revolution was, in part, a revolution against corporate power. What was the famous Boston Tea Party about? Parliament had granted the powerful East India Company a license to sell tea directly to colonial agents, cutting American merchants out of the valuable tea trade. The Boston Tea Party was organized in response to this unfair collusion between a corrupt government and a powerful corporation.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm

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It’s worth remembering that the American Revolution was, in part, a revolution against corporate power. What was the famous Boston Tea Party about? Parliament had granted the powerful East India Company a license to sell tea directly to colonial agents, cutting American merchants out of the valuable tea trade. The Boston Tea Party was organized in response to this unfair collusion between a corrupt government and a powerful corporation.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm

[blahblahblah]

It’s worth remembering that the American Revolution was, in part, a revolution against corporate power. What was the famous Boston Tea Party about? Parliament had granted the powerful East India Company a license to sell tea directly to colonial agents, cutting American merchants out of the valuable tea trade. The Boston Tea Party was organized in response to this unfair collusion between a corrupt government and a powerful corporation.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm

[blahblahblah]

It’s worth remembering that the American Revolution was, in part, a revolution against corporate power. What was the famous Boston Tea Party about? Parliament had granted the powerful East India Company a license to sell tea directly to colonial agents, cutting American merchants out of the valuable tea trade. The Boston Tea Party was organized in response to this unfair collusion between a corrupt government and a powerful corporation.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm

[blahblahblah]

It’s worth remembering that the American Revolution was, in part, a revolution against corporate power. What was the famous Boston Tea Party about? Parliament had granted the powerful East India Company a license to sell tea directly to colonial agents, cutting American merchants out of the valuable tea trade. The Boston Tea Party was organized in response to this unfair collusion between a corrupt government and a powerful corporation.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm

[EconProf]

Your history is right but your interpretation suspect. The East India Company was a government-created monopoly; essentially an arm of the British government. True conservatives hate government sponsored monopolies. The colonists wanted free trade & knew they would prosper under open markets.
As to the previous post, let’s not condemn rightfully earned profits. They are part of what makes the system work and they pay your income, whether private or public. And yes, property rights were a key reason why the American revolution occurred.

[EconProf]

Your history is right but your interpretation suspect. The East India Company was a government-created monopoly; essentially an arm of the British government. True conservatives hate government sponsored monopolies. The colonists wanted free trade & knew they would prosper under open markets.
As to the previous post, let’s not condemn rightfully earned profits. They are part of what makes the system work and they pay your income, whether private or public. And yes, property rights were a key reason why the American revolution occurred.

[EconProf]

Your history is right but your interpretation suspect. The East India Company was a government-created monopoly; essentially an arm of the British government. True conservatives hate government sponsored monopolies. The colonists wanted free trade & knew they would prosper under open markets.
As to the previous post, let’s not condemn rightfully earned profits. They are part of what makes the system work and they pay your income, whether private or public. And yes, property rights were a key reason why the American revolution occurred.

[EconProf]

Your history is right but your interpretation suspect. The East India Company was a government-created monopoly; essentially an arm of the British government. True conservatives hate government sponsored monopolies. The colonists wanted free trade & knew they would prosper under open markets.
As to the previous post, let’s not condemn rightfully earned profits. They are part of what makes the system work and they pay your income, whether private or public. And yes, property rights were a key reason why the American revolution occurred.

[EconProf]

Your history is right but your interpretation suspect. The East India Company was a government-created monopoly; essentially an arm of the British government. True conservatives hate government sponsored monopolies. The colonists wanted free trade & knew they would prosper under open markets.
As to the previous post, let’s not condemn rightfully earned profits. They are part of what makes the system work and they pay your income, whether private or public. And yes, property rights were a key reason why the American revolution occurred.

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The East India Company was a government-created monopoly; essentially an arm of the British government. True conservatives hate government sponsored monopolies.

Where did I say that conservatives were for government-sponsored monopolies? My post mentioned neither conservatives nor liberals. Also, the East India Company was a private corporation, not part of the British government. If it appeared to be an arm of the British government, that is only evidence of the power it was able to amass through corruption and collusion. East India Company profits went to shareholders (and of course as bribes to British officials), not to the British government as revenue.

[blahblahblah]

The East India Company was a government-created monopoly; essentially an arm of the British government. True conservatives hate government sponsored monopolies.

Where did I say that conservatives were for government-sponsored monopolies? My post mentioned neither conservatives nor liberals. Also, the East India Company was a private corporation, not part of the British government. If it appeared to be an arm of the British government, that is only evidence of the power it was able to amass through corruption and collusion. East India Company profits went to shareholders (and of course as bribes to British officials), not to the British government as revenue.

[blahblahblah]

The East India Company was a government-created monopoly; essentially an arm of the British government. True conservatives hate government sponsored monopolies.

Where did I say that conservatives were for government-sponsored monopolies? My post mentioned neither conservatives nor liberals. Also, the East India Company was a private corporation, not part of the British government. If it appeared to be an arm of the British government, that is only evidence of the power it was able to amass through corruption and collusion. East India Company profits went to shareholders (and of course as bribes to British officials), not to the British government as revenue.

[blahblahblah]

The East India Company was a government-created monopoly; essentially an arm of the British government. True conservatives hate government sponsored monopolies.

Where did I say that conservatives were for government-sponsored monopolies? My post mentioned neither conservatives nor liberals. Also, the East India Company was a private corporation, not part of the British government. If it appeared to be an arm of the British government, that is only evidence of the power it was able to amass through corruption and collusion. East India Company profits went to shareholders (and of course as bribes to British officials), not to the British government as revenue.

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