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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:51 PM Original message |
Monopolies are still being built -- And most Democrats say NOTHING |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. In the case of DUers... |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What utter nonsense. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I didn't say "corporate" monopolies. |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The original poster seems to be concerned |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. How? n/t |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Try this....from wikepedia |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You don't seem to understand the term "socialist" |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Socialism advocates collective, government ownership of |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. Not all businesses for crying out loud... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. What a load of bullshit |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. What am I incorrect on? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. You are wrong by oversimplifying |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I have been on too many threads about oil prices... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
42. There are no more "markets" in the system we're moving towards |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:54 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Of course there are corrective forces in the oil industry. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:53 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Tell that to the people in the northeast who will be freezing |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. First thing is that I didn't mention "socialism" in my last response. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. You were the one who brought up "sociualism" in the first place |
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ptolle (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. must be from texass |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No, I'm not from "Texass" actually. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Certain core issues should NOT be left |
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guidod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Very good tx_dem41... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I don't think that's the case. I'm not a Socialist but agains Monopolies |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. There you go again, enjoying yourself today? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. You obviously know nothing about Socialism |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 07:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Which is exactly what I said. Who do you think the "public" is in... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 02:55 AM Response to Reply #38 |
73. Twinkle, twinkle |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
82. With all these mergers there's ever less competition. |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
69. Photo without comment. |
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rogerashton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Socialism does not advocate government ownership. |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. For the most part |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Government intervention is not socialism |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Thanks for the explanation. |
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Hypatia82 (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. And pray tell... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Look in any American town |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. not only Wal-Marted |
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Hypatia82 (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 04:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
76. The people at Target and Costco... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 08:29 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. You must apply the concept more broadly |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Yeah.. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:41 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Where do you get a 300 company figure? n/t |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I'm pulling it out.... |
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Hypatia82 (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 04:05 AM Response to Reply #47 |
77. What it would mean is... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's difficult for the "Elected Dems" to speak on on this issue. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. I thought this thread was about Corporations, not Socialism |
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Hypatia82 (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Political corruption of the time... |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. support The Medical Malpractice Insurance Antitrust Act of 2005 |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. Cha-Ching |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Of course not |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. De-regulation is the root of much evil |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
49. The silence and acquiescence on our side is especially troubling |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
31. Monopolies are not inherantly evil...nor are they illegal... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Monopolies ARE inherently evil |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 07:55 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Only one exception... |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. So how would you go about eliminating them... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:39 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Start by having leaders acknowledge the problem |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Monopolies are contrary to what capitalism was supposed to bring us: |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Exactly... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:42 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. They artificially hinder competition by their very size |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. So how would you force competition... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. The old fashioned way in a modern way |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Ok... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. It depends on situations |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Ok...one more |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Let em die or sell to a non-monopolistic entity |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Might be hard to sell that... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. You are contradicting yourself |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Well not really... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. A tleast think about it -- That's the purpose |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. If a company has a huge market share and still can't make it |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
71. I think mergers are a 'natural' result of market forces. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Exactly |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. Many things are legal that are (arguably) immoral.. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 02:58 AM Response to Reply #44 |
74. According to Marx |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 04:23 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Well, it's not what proponents of capitalism used to say. |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. K&R - It's a bipartisan effort to undo everything achieved since the days |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
33. The Dem Establishment |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
41. large corporations ARE the political power |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 03:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
75. You got it |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
57. The Gilded Age part 2 is only a few years away. |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
63. Sherman Antitrust Act 1890 |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:09 AM Response to Reply #63 |
80. A lesson that blind adherence to an abstract principle can be bad |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
81. Not Our Country Anymore; Now it is Their Market, and We Live in It |
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