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We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« on: June 15, 2011, 04:55:50 PM »
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RadiationTherapy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Wed Jun-15-11 01:46 PM
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We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
   
Our original constitution helped us move away from government of the 'divine' (monarchical) to government by/for/of the general populace. It has been an amazing run and we have evolved as a nation. Our constitution is now the template for a free, democratic society, and justifiably so. In order to continue our evolution, a new agreement must be created.

We have learned, painfully, that aristocracy is not always comprised of those of 'noble and divine' birth. It is now possible to become an aristocrat - with a corresponding permanent underclass - through the accumulation of wealth. Furthermore, the nature of our economy is such that not only does it 'take money to make money', but 'the more you have the more you make'. This second point is being demonstrated today by an ever increasing spiral of wealth that is sucking up the remaining economy.

A new constitution must establish, somehow, checks and balances on the accumulation of power - whether by wealth, control of utilities, private armies, or any other means. We must forbid the very existence of power concentration, establish a means to break it up, and find ways to keep it distributed appropriately. I do not mean extreme socialism, communism, or anything else and I do not want everyone in gray smocks riding gray buses. Our new constitution must land us somewhere between the absurd of USA 2011 and the absurd of '1984'. I hope our future luminaries have the courage - and education - to sort this out and save our nation.

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Nothing wrong with the Constitution we have now, the problem lies with the segment of the population that thinks they are owed something just because their mothers decided not to abort them.

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Blue Meany (819 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Wed Jun-15-11 02:21 PM
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4. Personally, I think there should be an upper limit on individual
   
wealth. Even if the rich didn't control public policy--and I think they would find a way around any legal restrictions as long as they had the money to do so--they still have too much control over the economy and run it without regard to the impact on the population.

Sure let's have the govt decide just how much one person can have.  :banghead:



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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2011, 05:18:31 PM »
That worked so well in NK, USSR, Cuba..and a few others.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2011, 05:26:46 PM »
limit on wealth = limit on economic activity

As soon as the wealth limit is hit activity will cease.

Just like gov't spending on health care is also a limit. As soon as that is hit the doctors stop seeing patients because no body works for free.

It also drives up prices because people want as big a slice of the limited pie before it runs out and they want more than the other pie-nibblers. No rational person works hard to be No. 9,354.

The best way to control "excessive" wealth is to allow consumers to decide how much they are willing to pay for a certain thing. If they do not value it or the price is too high they will not purchase it. It is then incumbent upon the producer to increase the value or reduce the price. What the producer loses in higher cost or lower price they can make up for by reaching a larger share of the market as they strive, by natural inclination, to be No. 1.

And it can all happens without government intervention.

It's called a free-market.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2011, 05:51:38 PM »
What the DUmmie really means to say is:

Damn you democrat politicians, you aren't stealing enough from the worker/producers and forwarding it fast enough to us the tit sucking democrat voter.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2011, 06:00:28 PM »
Quote from: Skul on June 15, 2011, 05:18:31 PM
That worked so well in NK, USSR, Cuba..and a few others.

It's not hard to do when the people have nothing.

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Our new constitution must land us somewhere between the absurd of USA 2011 and the absurd of '1984'.

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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2011, 06:08:19 PM »
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Blue Meany (819 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Wed Jun-15-11 02:21 PM
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4. Personally, I think there should be an upper limit on individual
   
wealth. Even if the rich didn't control public policy--and I think they would find a way around any legal restrictions as long as they had the money to do so--they still have too much control over the economy and run it without regard to the impact on the population.

So you would have capped Pelosi's $20 million salary, right?
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2011, 06:15:39 PM »
Quote from: Evil_Conservative on June 15, 2011, 06:08:19 PM
So you would have capped Pelosi's $20 million salary, right?

I think a good law would be that senators, congressman and the president can earn no other income than government salary for the time they are in office. 
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2011, 06:32:57 PM »
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Our new constitution must land us somewhere between the absurd of USA 2011 and the absurd of '1984'.

Maybe I'm wrong, but the only thing I would expect to find between the absurd and the absurd is more absurd.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2011, 06:34:19 PM »
Quote from: compaqxp on June 15, 2011, 06:00:28 PM
It's not hard to do when the people have nothing.

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They got that way from what the ass-hat is advocating.
What ever they had was redistributed.
If you owned anything, it was too much.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2011, 06:39:03 PM »
The stupid is strong in that DUche.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2011, 07:04:54 PM »
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private armies

I sure wish the DUmbass would expand on this one.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2011, 07:36:26 PM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on June 15, 2011, 05:26:46 PM
limit on wealth = limit on economic activity

As soon as the wealth limit is hit activity will cease.

Just like gov't spending on health care is also a limit. As soon as that is hit the doctors stop seeing patients because no body works for free.

It also drives up prices because people want as big a slice of the limited pie before it runs out and they want more than the other pie-nibblers. No rational person works hard to be No. 9,354.

The best way to control "excessive" wealth is to allow consumers to decide how much they are willing to pay for a certain thing. If they do not value it or the price is too high they will not purchase it. It is then incumbent upon the producer to increase the value or reduce the price. What the producer loses in higher cost or lower price they can make up for by reaching a larger share of the market as they strive, by natural inclination, to be No. 1.

And it can all happens without government intervention.

It's called a free-market.

What you just posted is common sense.  Too bad it isn't more common.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2011, 07:39:44 PM »
Quote from: Tucker on June 15, 2011, 07:04:54 PM
I sure wish the DUmbass would expand on this one.
I think the private army he's talking about is how Blackwater operatives helped us kill muzzies.

Democrats hate anything that helps put holes in muzzie carcasses.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2011, 08:03:35 PM »
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We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
Our original constitution helped us move away from government of the 'divine' (monarchical) to government by/for/of the general populace. It has been an amazing run and we have evolved as a nation. Our constitution is now the template for a free, democratic society, and justifiably so. In order to continue our evolution, a new agreement must be created.
Wow?! Really??? We need a new Constitution? A template for a free, democratic society?
This just goes to show you how "primitive" the DUmmies really are.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2011, 08:51:49 PM »
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RadiationTherapy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Wed Jun-15-11 01:46 PM
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We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
What you advocate is what the Bolsheviks did. Destroy the wealthy, and anyone associated with them, and anyone even remotely suspected of being 'counterrevolutionary.' The result? Millions shot, worked to death in labor camps and starved.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2011, 08:59:08 PM »
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We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
I can see the logic behind this idea, though it should never be done.
If it were to be done, you'd have to recognize that the vast majority of Americans are relatively happy and "wealthy" by DUmmy standards.
So by far the most efficient way to address wealth concentration would be to eliminate the unproductive impoverished minority.
That would eliminate the perceived injustice of some people being wealthy and productive while others envy their success.
Bottom line would be no DUmmies, no poverty, no envy. Sweet.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2011, 09:07:20 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on June 15, 2011, 08:59:08 PM
I can see the logic behind this idea, though it should never be done.
If it were to be done, you'd have to recognize that the vast majority of Americans are relatively happy and "wealthy" by DUmmy standards.
So by far the most efficient way to address wealth concentration would be to eliminate the unproductive impoverished minority.
That would eliminate the perceived injustice of some people being wealthy and productive while others envy their success.
Bottom line would be no DUmmies, no poverty, no envy. Sweet.

They would still envy anyone with even a dollar more than they have.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2011, 09:14:42 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on June 15, 2011, 09:07:20 PM
They would still envy anyone with even a dollar more than they have.

GoBucks was proposing the removal of the DUmmies, so they would no longer be around to be envious, I think.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2011, 09:19:58 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on June 15, 2011, 09:14:42 PM
GoBucks was proposing the removal of the DUmmies, so they would no longer be around to be envious, I think.
Oh no, I would not propose they be removed. That would be unkind. It grew from a DUmmy idea.
 
I was just speculating on how one would go about doing what the DUmbass proposed, i.e., a new constitution to eliminate the envy DUmmies feel because normal people have more wealth than they do.

Since there are far more normal people than DUmmies, it would make sense to take the most efficient approach.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2011, 09:37:10 PM »
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A new constitution must establish, somehow, checks and balances on the accumulation of power - whether by wealth, control of utilities, private armies, or any other means. We must forbid the very existence of power concentration, establish a means to break it up, and find ways to keep it distributed appropriately.  I do not mean extreme socialism, communism, ...

So the solution of attaining "checks and balances on the accumulation of power" is to establish a new constitution which gives gov't enough power to forbid the accumulation of power by others.  And this newlyfound constitutional gov't won't ever ventue into extreme socialism or communism or any other type of absolute rule, but it will hold just enough power to keep other potential power grabbers at bay.

OK.   :mental:

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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #20 on: June 15, 2011, 09:42:03 PM »
I'm not real clear on the difference between communism and extreme communism.
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« Reply #21 on: June 16, 2011, 04:59:42 AM »
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I'm not real clear on the difference between communism and extreme communism.

One kills millions and the other, more extreme, kills millions plus one.
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« Reply #22 on: June 16, 2011, 09:28:04 AM »
The irradiated primitive needs to be subject to extreme irradiation.

How much again, Sparky?
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #23 on: June 16, 2011, 10:11:46 AM »
Quote from: USA4ME on June 15, 2011, 09:37:10 PM
So the solution of attaining "checks and balances on the accumulation of power" is to establish a new constitution which gives gov't enough power to forbid the accumulation of power by others.  And this newlyfound constitutional gov't won't ever ventue into extreme socialism or communism or any other type of absolute rule, but it will hold just enough power to keep other potential power grabbers at bay.

OK.   :mental:

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There's one thing I've noticed about all DUmmies that pop up with that crap.
They all see themselves as being part of the regulatory body.
Not one of the minions, mind you, but, part of the power structure.
One of the elite dispensing alms to the supplicants.
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Re: We need a new constitution. Wealth concentration must be addressed.
« Reply #24 on: June 16, 2011, 10:16:09 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on June 16, 2011, 09:28:04 AM
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How much again, Sparky?
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