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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (37338)	1/8/2013 3:51:41 PM
From: grusum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

"It isn't the corporation's fault that we have corrupt politicians who are willing to provide political advantages to a few corporations." he's saying nearly everyone will take advantage of any situation to make money. he's correct. he's saying the only way to stop it is to take power away from government that is cronied out to those who can pay for it. again he's correct. nothing in that quote makes him a 'corporate fascist'.

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (37338)	1/8/2013 4:09:42 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

"It isn't the corporation's fault that we have corrupt politicians who are willing to provide political advantages to a few corporations." This is what you have used to determine that I was a corporate fascist? Again, read the words. There are approximately 6,000,000 corporations in the United States. There are approximately 12,000 lobbyists in Washington D.C. If you assume that each lobbyist represents one corporation, that means that only 0.2% of corporations are represented in Washington D.C. That means that 99.8% of corporations are unrepresented in Washington D.C. And yet you and other liberals/progressives are willing to paint all corporations as evil. Do you see where I specifically call out that "a few corporations" who are getting the political advantages? And again, the politicians, the people in power, have set up a system where they accept what you and I may call bribes, in order for corporations to gain political favor. But in many cases, what you and I may call bribes are perfectly legal. And they are perfectly legal because the corrupt politicians have passed laws to make them legal. My position this whole time is that the politicians are more culpable than the corporations. I stand by that position. And further, I believe that my position distances me from the label of corporate fascist. And since you are taking the opposite position from mine, I guess you can figure out where you fall on the corporate fascist continuum.