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To: TigerPaw who wrote (314778)	11/5/2002 6:00:47 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

So now you are a mind reader of Thomas Jefferson? LOL!

To: TigerPaw who wrote (314778)	11/5/2002 6:03:19 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

>>They would have feared such a development as much as they feared and loathed a king. Says you. I would say the Framers did an excellent job of anticipating the potentials, and placed checks and balances where they felt it would be needed. Just because you personally have a fear of wealth accumulation doesn't mean they did. If they had wanted to place a cap on wealth, they would have.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (314778)	11/5/2002 6:36:26 PM
From: George Coyne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Been "channeling" back to the founding fathers? The whole point of the Constitution is to triangulate power. The founding fathers had no concept of a J.D. Rockefeller scale of wealth and power which could buy whole countries. They would have feared such a development as much as they feared and loathed a king. The "triangulation" is among the Judicial, Legislative and Executive branches of the government, and nothing else (no matter your fanciful extrapolations)!