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R B Garr

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30. +1000, exactly. Wall Street has no significance after all. It's just used as a

Reply to mcar (Reply #10)

Sat Sep 9, 2017, 04:21 PM

Sep 2017

way to taint someone as undesirable if they don't support or if they challenge you know who.

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So I hear the Democratic Party "panders" to Wall Street! [View all] Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 OP

Why don't you like corporations? nt DURHAM D Sep 2017 #1

A construct designed to enrich and empower the state, not the people Not Ruth Sep 2017 #2

The premise in your subject line may or may not be true... Major Nikon Sep 2017 #14

Their very existence, by definition, is to ignore Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #3

Full of ridiculous assumptions about most corporations. nt DURHAM D Sep 2017 #4

Not assumptions at all, read ANY corporate charter. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #20

Very True. Snackshack Sep 2017 #26

Who said they 'pander to Wall Street?' leftstreet Sep 2017 #5

Are you serious? mcar Sep 2017 #13

How do you think they pay for generous social programs in Nordic social democracies? Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #6

Damn, I said this in 2016 but ...oh, well. You know the rest.,,$250,000 speeches and shit. haveahart Sep 2017 #7

If you looked at the assets of even the most outspoken politicians against "Wall Street"..... George II Sep 2017 #8

I've seen how Jill Stein owns a nice chunk of stock in Merck Pharmaceuticals. Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #9

that's their business and how they make money JI7 Sep 2017 #19

Exactly my point. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #21

Sometime last year people here were harping on the origin of contributions to candidates... George II Sep 2017 #23

What does that mean? Do you need to go off the grid to advocate against something? I'm sure we'd JCanete Sep 2017 #25

Wall Street bad mcar Sep 2017 #10

+1 leftofcool Sep 2017 #12

Nailed it! Scurrilous Sep 2017 #15

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2017 #17

Who are you referring to? What was his or her message when running? What people say, matters as a JCanete Sep 2017 #27

+1000, exactly. Wall Street has no significance after all. It's just used as a R B Garr Sep 2017 #30

I would like to see an end to capitalism, myself. Scruffy1 Sep 2017 #11

watch michael moore's capitalism a love story clu Sep 2017 #16

Also Watch "Inside Job" colsohlibgal Sep 2017 #18

the OP implies clu Sep 2017 #22

Acknowledging the reality that corps and Wall Street basically IS our economy Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #31

IMO clu Sep 2017 #36

Nobody is suggesting we disband Wall Street. You can't seriously think it doesn't have huge JCanete Sep 2017 #24

Someday we'll forge a partnership with corporations like Denmark and other countries. Most of us Hoyt Sep 2017 #28

Yeah I have worked for small businesses and it is not all that great. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #32

I'll tell you exactly what it means jmowreader Sep 2017 #29

I have no problem working with Wall Street or corporate America if they want to compromise. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #33

So if they wont compromise, you do what? Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #34

One thing would be changing labor law to make it easier for workers to join unions. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #35