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Politics : The Citizens Manifesto -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (348)	9/23/2005 4:37:50 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 492

I just respond to the more general issues without getting in to a lot of details or specifics. 1. Crack Down on Corporate Crime. That could mean. 1 - Outlaw more forms of corporate activity, 2 - Make punishments harsher, or 3 - Put more effort in to enforcing existing laws against fraud or other similar illegal activities by corporations. I could probably agree with #3 (depending on the details), but not 1 or 2. 2. Rein in the Imperial CEOs I have no problem with lowering the salaries of some or even many CEOs. A number of them are seriously overpaid. But I don't think that doing so is or should be the job of the government. 3. Shore Up the Civil Justice System I could agree with some things that could be meant by those words, but I don't agree with Nader's opposition to tort reform . 4 . Regulate in the Public Interest Good idea in general but so vague as to be meaningless. Nader advocates a large increase in regulation. That would not IMO be in the public interest. 6. Get Corporations Out of Our Elections. Here he does get very specific, but I don't agree. 7. Reclaim the Constitution. Great idea but actually reclaiming the constitution would mean something very different then what Nader apparently wants to happen. Tim