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10. They also didn't foresee a class of 1% plutocrats owning more than...

Tue Jun 11, 2013, 06:10 AM

Jun 2013

40% of the country's wealth who purchase politicians to exempt them from paying taxes, so they can stash up trillions in offshore tax havens.

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Did the original Constitutional framers [View all] bluedeathray Jun 2013 OP

Looks like they failed. Amonester Jun 2013 #1

They didn't fail. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2013 #12

Thomas Jefferson warned us in 1814 about the " Monied Interests " ... orpupilofnature57 Jun 2013 #2

Hello ~ bluedeathray In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #3

That's Cooooool !!! orpupilofnature57 Jun 2013 #4

I like welcoming newbies. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #6

The question should be madokie Jun 2013 #5

They didn't foresee electricity, the telegraph, then telephones... Amonester Jun 2013 #8

No doubt madokie Jun 2013 #9

They also didn't foresee a class of 1% plutocrats owning more than... Amonester Jun 2013 #10

No doubt about that too madokie Jun 2013 #11

Like hell they didn't. They were the 1%. nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #14

"Secret courts" were one of the causes of the English Civil War. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2013 #7

They didn't anticipate computers, or telecommunications, or metadata, geek tragedy Jun 2013 #13