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    Quote Originally Posted by RadioGod View Post
    Let's say the government has all of it's power to tax and regulate taken away. Would this stop corruption? No. And we would live in an anarchy to boot.
    In that case, businesses would have to resort to the other means of getting what they want: Offering goods and services of value to consumers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    In that case, businesses would have to resort to the other means of getting what they want: Offering goods and services of value to consumers.

    Anarchy: Rules without rulers.
    That's one definition and an ideological one at that. The rest of the definitions basically suggest disorder.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    That's one definition and an ideological one at that. The rest of the definitions basically suggest disorder.
    And I was clarifying what I mean by anarchy. Rules without rulers. Society and its norms, customs, traditions, institutions, the whole of culture and the state. I fully understand liberals like you want to undermine society and create chaos so people have to depend on your beloved government.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Xl View Post
    State and corporation collusion is criminal. But hey, land of the free, love it or leave it, etc.

    Illegal means different things depending on who you are and HOW you steal

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    Quote Originally Posted by RadioGod View Post
    205 Billion. That's the amount of total corporate tax paid in 2017. It amounts to 0.03% of all taxes paid in the US. There are 5.9 million corporations registered in the US. These are the raw numbers. What they mean is obvious. It means corporations pay almost nothing compared to all of us individuals and small businesses, who cover the other 99.97% of tax revenues.
    So how is it that corporations, including incorporated non-profits, hold the majority of the wealth, but pay next to nothing? This is not an argument about what is happening. This is an argument about whether this is right or wrong. And it is most certainly not an argument you can ever win.
    News flash! Stock holders pay taxes on dividends and capital gains. Stock holder own the corporation. The more taxes a corporation pays the less they pay in dividends.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Captdon View Post
    News flash! Stock holders pay taxes on dividends and capital gains. Stock holder own the corporation. The more taxes a corporation pays the less they pay in dividends.
    LOL. I think I know what happened to you, Captn'. I think when you were on the Star Trek Enterprise, they were beaming down a chimpanzee and beaming you up to the ship, and the brains got molecularly scrambled together. Got to be it.
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    @Captdon - I bet the chimp ended up dumber. LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by RadioGod View Post
    @Captdon - I bet the chimp ended up dumber. LOL
    Typical loser response to success on any scale. You lose on sure bets. You're just a grubby, little loser who brats his head on a wall everyday. You wake up in the morning knowing that's as good ad your day is going to become. You shrink in hot water as well as cold. You rub your tongue with grit to get ready for work.

    See that? You can't compete. You're a loser.
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