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One dollar, one vote?

Robert — 11/4/2002 11:36:43 AM (archived)

Tom, Tom, Tom...we agree that money is a cancer eating away at our political system. The alternative you imply would make things much worse.

Oligarchy is a 900-pound gorilla and a bunch of bananas deciding what to have for lunch.

--Robert

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The whole thread (37 posts)

Fooling all the people some of the time: - ebnelson - 11/2/2002 3:28:30 PM
- I find it amazing - Mary Anne - 11/3/2002 5:48:33 PM
  - Re: I find it amazing - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2002 8:09:10 PM
    - No Tom - R.L. - 11/3/2002 12:53:10 PM
      - Right and left extremists - FrankC - 11/3/2002 3:55:23 PM
        
        Its all a matter of preference....not stupidity or laziness - R.L. - 11/3/2002 4:56:38 PM
      - Root causes - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2002 1:25:01 PM
        
        Re: Root causes - Robert - 11/3/2002 2:18:12 PM
        
        Some extremists are more equal than others. - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2002 6:52:59 PM
        
        You know you're an extremist when... - Robert - 11/4/2002 7:16:36 PM
        
        Thanks, Robert - Fox - 11/4/2002 7:54:39 PM
        
        good call - Robert - 11/4/2002 11:39:07 AM
        
        Assent to taxes - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2002 11:14:43 AM
        
        One dollar, one vote? - Robert - 11/4/2002 11:36:43 AM
        
        Re: One dollar, one vote? - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2002 2:25:40 PM
        
        X dollars, one vote? - Robert - 11/5/2002 5:14:30 PM
        
        Re: X dollars, one vote? - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2002 5:26:39 PM
        
        Re: extremist - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2002 10:31:11 AM
        
        Another 'You know you're an extremist when...' - Robert - 11/4/2002 10:42:01 AM
        
        Tom.... - R.L. - 11/3/2002 1:43:12 PM
        
        Re: R.L.... - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2002 4:50:21 PM
        
        Sounds familiar - Larry J - 11/3/2002 1:53:10 PM
        
        not really - R.L. - 11/3/2002 6:58:52 PM
    - Re: To spread... - Raoul Lannoy - 11/3/2002 10:11:16 AM
      - No, society is not about one group taking things from others. - ebnelson - 11/3/2002 10:23:00 AM
        
        Re: society - Raoul Lannoy - 11/3/2002 10:45:18 AM
        
        In America and in many of the Western democracies - ebnelson - 11/3/2002 4:42:37 PM
        
        A nice balance - Mary Anne - 11/4/2002 9:58:58 AM
        
        Re: society - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2002 1:27:56 PM
        
        Re: society - R.L. - 11/3/2002 1:50:30 PM
        
        Then why not tax everyone at 100%? - Larry J - 11/3/2002 1:56:17 PM
        
        ok by your extreemist argument - R.L. - 11/3/2002 3:28:35 PM
        
        Re: Cars - Raoul Lannoy - 11/4/2002 10:17:20 AM
        
        Re: ok by your extremist argument - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2002 6:58:46 PM
        
        well.... - R.L - 11/3/2002 7:30:02 PM
        
        How it works - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2002 5:07:47 PM
        
        Were thousands of orphans dying in the streets before the government became involved? - Larry J - 11/4/2002 2:04:30 PM

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