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merrily

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11. I don't think we do have accountability for anyone. If anything,

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #9)

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 07:17 PM

Sep 2014

I think we have more accountability from the private sector because we can withhold our dollars. However, since government threw anti-trust laws and merger restrictions down the hopper, private companies got so huge and rich that you would have to have a hell of a massive boycott before you could make a dent. All I've even gotten trying to hold government accountable is frustrated.

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What do you want from government? [View all] merrily Sep 2014 OP

To defend the citizens' interests against that of industry. arcane1 Sep 2014 #1

I see now I should have numbered the items on my list, but merrily Sep 2014 #4

Indeed, it's pretty much the common theme, now that I think about it. arcane1 Sep 2014 #5

Great observation. I hadn't thought of it that way myself--and I wrote it! merrily Sep 2014 #14

Sounds like a decent list overall. For my own socialistic wish list, I'd add/refine to Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #2

I think some of the items on your list merrily Sep 2014 #6

I know they were, which is why I added 'refine' as well as 'add' to my title. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #7

I am not being flip but do you feel the public really has accountabiity from merrily Sep 2014 #8

Well, that is predicated upon a functional government, which I admit we don't really have right now. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #9

I don't think we do have accountability for anyone. If anything, merrily Sep 2014 #11

Protection against robbers and thieves LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #3

So Constitutional rights, safe cities and towns and people in merrily Sep 2014 #10

Pretty much LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #12

In my list "safe cities and towns" is followed by something like "safe from merrily Sep 2014 #13