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     7 years ago  

    Good Luck with that. To be replaced by what; Anarchy, Socialism, Communism or Progressive-ism or perhaps Bi-polar Permissive Uni-Directional-ism???

    Oppression is someone forcing their vision of "Heaven on Earth" on others. Usually at the point of a gun. How many more millions need to die before people stop trying to force "Paradise" on their fellow man.

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     7 years ago  

    Ronald Reagan drastically cut corporate tax, the economy boomed and tax revenue more than recovered. In recent history, Ireland did the same thing. Ireland embraced austerity, and cut the corporate tax rate down to 12.5% immediately after the GFC.

    Ireland's economy recorded 24% GDP in 2016, unheard of growth in other economies inside the Euro Zone.

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     7 years ago  

    The best part of this picture is the iPhone with the Apple Logo. Apple is the (maybe) most valuable company in the world. They are ruthless capitalists and try to patent everything and sue everyone.

    All of their products are made by Foxconn a Taiwanese based company that has gigantic cities of workers on mainland China, including children, living in barracks and working in conditions little better than slaves.

    Things are so bad there that it is not uncommon for the workers to commit suicide because of the poor working conditions and the feeling that they are "trapped" and that this the only way to free themselves from bondage.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/2016/08/22/the-real-cost-of-the-iphone-7-more-foxconn-worker-deaths/#937b6fb55608

    https://www.cnet.com/news/riots-suicides-and-other-issues-in-foxconns-iphone-factories/

    Apple wants to do business so bad in China that they have agreed to follow the anti-freedom polices as laid down by the Chinese Communist Party. Money and profits rule.

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/06/apple-china-censors-new-york-times

    https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/08/satirical-news-show-china-uncensored-censored-apple-hong-kong-taiwan/

    Just like a Vegan who wears leather Nike shoes, I laugh at all the hipster snowflakes with their fruit phones.

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       7 years ago  

      Apple, Google, Facebook and others need to be broken up. They are clearly becoming too powerful.

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