Why can't we, the people share in the war profits?

[Philosoraptor]

It's apparently perfectly legal to invade a nation with a military force and steal all their wealth and resources and make huge profits off all the death and misery, our own president and vice president are doing it, with our approval.

So why can't WE share in the blood money? Why do they get to keep it ALL? Is that fair?

The neo cons are using OUR money to wage this war, and they are using OUR sons and daughter's blood and misery, and they are contributing nothing but hot air.

Maybe the way to stop the war is to demand an equal share of the spoils.

[lostnotforgotten]

1. Private Property Rights - Corporations Transfer Debt To The Public While

Accruing the profits.

Oldest game in town, make millions by using other peoples money.

[stellanoir]

2. Declare yourself a corporation and that might work.

They apparently now have far superior personhood to we, the serfs.

[Philosoraptor]

4. How bout' the "We the People Corporation"?

We the people out here in flyover land, demand our cut of the swag.

[stellanoir]

5. Or Philosoraptor Inc.

[Clark2008]

10. There are actually books and websites dedicated to

showing people how to turn their households into corporations to keep from having to pay as much in taxes and to benefit from the other perks of corporation-hood.

Sad, isn't it? But, I can't say that I haven't thought about ordering one of those books used just to see how it's done. I got hit HARD in the tax department this past year simply because I got married. I thought the RepuliCONs did away with "marriage penalties." Couldn't prove that by me.

[cassiepriam]

3. Duh. We are only the poor slobs who pay for all of it.

And pick up all the pieces when the hogs are done feeding and destroying.

We never get any profits from anything.
Those go to the fat cat friends of Bush.

[orpupilofnature57]

6. Cause the 'Good Old Boy' network is Greedy and is naturally in

to Exclusion,it's as innate as fearing things they don't understand ,which is an impossible situation because they cant admit to not knowing everything ,except on the stand in a court of law.

[dysfunctional press]

7. buy stock in boeing or halliburton and you can.

i could have made a killing(financial, that is) if i hadn't divested myself of all war-mongering stocks- boeing has more than tripled under this wrecking crew. but i just couldn't live with the idea of war profiteering.

[Philosoraptor]

8. You have that fatal streak of humanity & integrity, the neo cons don't.

[KharmaTrain]

9. Class Action Suit Anyone?

Maybe there's a DU Lawyer who can put something together here and see if "we the people" have the ability to demand an accounting of the money spent, who got it and if the job was complete according to the provisions of the contract. There are plenty of cases of financial fraud that could be used as the basis of many, many suits.

[jody]

11. "Only the Little People Pay Taxes"! (Leona Helmsley) n/t

[shenmue]

12. Yeah

We own the whole military and government. Why can't we just return something for our money back, like at any good store?

"Hello, I want to return this war, it's broken."

[jwirr]

13. How about an 80% tax? To pay off our national debt.

[Subdivisions]

14. I usually agree with you Philosoraptor and

I'm sure your intent was to highlight how absurd the whole thing is. However, and I'm sure you will agree, I don't want one copper penny of their war profits.