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JayhawkSD

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19. Well perhaps, but...

Reply to Live and Learn (Reply #12)

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 02:01 AM

Aug 2014

Without corporations, no company would be any bigger than one private person's pocket money could make it, and remember that those who are rich now are rich because corporations made them so.

As a result, we would have no mass produced automobiles, because no one could afford to build the factories that produce them. We would have no mass produced anything. We would have no refined petroleum products, because there would be no individual who could afford to build the refinery. We would have no railroads, or mass transit, because no one could have afforded to build the factories to manufacture the railcars and locomotives. The list goes on, amost endlessly.

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Do corporations deserve to exist and why? [View all] bemildred Aug 2014 OP

What exactly are you suggesting? frazzled Aug 2014 #1

Meh... I took it as more of a philosophical question. Not actually suggesting we dismantle society. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #7

If we can consider whether humans deserve to exist, certainly the same applies to corporations. bemildred Aug 2014 #9

Like Fire, Sir: Good Servant, Bad Master The Magistrate Aug 2014 #2

OK, for profit corporations then, limited liability for-profit corporations. bemildred Aug 2014 #8

From Some Consequences, Sir, Yes, From Others, No The Magistrate Aug 2014 #21

Fair enough, Sir. nt bemildred Aug 2014 #25

... nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #10

In my defense, Sir, I also want to point out that Sunday nights can be slow here. nt bemildred Aug 2014 #17

Not under the present rules fadedrose Aug 2014 #3

No. I want the government to control everything. Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #4

well BlindTiresias Aug 2014 #5

Actually getting a drivers license is a picnic compared to dealing with "customer support". nt bemildred Aug 2014 #11

Yes. Agschmid Aug 2014 #6

I vote no. Corporations exist primarily to shield owners ans stockholders from liability. Live and Learn Aug 2014 #12

Correct. that is the question. bemildred Aug 2014 #13

Well perhaps, but... JayhawkSD Aug 2014 #19

Hmm, the Carnagies, Rockafellers and others managed to do pretty darn well Live and Learn Aug 2014 #22

Wrong JayhawkSD Aug 2014 #26

And generally with lots of government "support" too. bemildred Aug 2014 #30

It's not so black/white dpibel Aug 2014 #29

Well, it's nice to think so. JayhawkSD Aug 2014 #34

Homo corruptus Kennah Aug 2014 #14

When states are accountable only to themselves, you get problems. joshcryer Aug 2014 #15

Anyone who is unaccountable can be expected to behave accordingly. bemildred Aug 2014 #16

they should have to prove they deserve to exist, on a regular basis eShirl Aug 2014 #18

They aren't necessary. moondust Aug 2014 #20

corporations can be good and useful servants Warpy Aug 2014 #23

The problem is BlindTiresias Aug 2014 #24

They are something of a necessary evil hifiguy Aug 2014 #27

I like the way you think. nt bemildred Aug 2014 #31

I forgot one thing hifiguy Aug 2014 #33

Yes, the laws are already there, but since we have a lawless government, they are ignored. bemildred Aug 2014 #35

You realize most mom & pop businesses are corporations? My family business is incorporated KittyWampus Aug 2014 #28

I'm willing to let the little ones go. bemildred Aug 2014 #32