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Ruby the Liberal

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12. Santa Clara v Southern Pacific is at the core of this

Reply to Laelth (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 01:42 PM

Jul 2012

A *note* not even in the final ruling set this country down a path that I wonder if we will ever recover from.

Until that whole "Corporations have the same rights as people" thing is tossed out, trimming around the edges will be meaningless as they will just keep finding more loopholes to exploit.

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LOL!! +1,000 to you and the OP Zalatix Jul 2012 #4

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