It's Corporate America........Stupid - Democratic Underground

rsmith6621

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Sun May-16-10 06:20 PM
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It's Corporate America........Stupid

To blame for the situations like the Arizona immigration law.....not Mexicans who are only coming to America for a better life... FINE & PROSECUTE corporate America HEAVY and the problem will mostly go away....

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rurallib

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Sun May-16-10 06:24 PM
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1. just saw a thread on a George Carlin rant that fits so well here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8348999

"the owners of this country don't give a fuck ....."

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Enthusiast

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Mon May-17-10 07:32 AM
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7. Was that man perceptive or what?

What he says is a fact. Even the dummied down American should be starting to recognize this by now.

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90-percent

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Sun May-16-10 06:31 PM
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2. that Carlin video

if there was one youtube vid that puts my entire point of view on American Corporations into one place, it's that classic routine of Carlin's!

People should be starting a new religion over this bit. It's that good!

-90% Jimmy

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MIprogressive1

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Sun May-16-10 06:34 PM
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3. If corporations wouldn't hire illegals then they wouldn't come.

we need to punish companies who hire them. But we also need to punish those who do break our laws.

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TheBigotBasher

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Sun May-16-10 06:51 PM
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4. Legislation like that does not hit the mega corporations.

It hits the small employer who accepts at face value false documents because they can not check or the person who hires a cleaner.

You can pass legislation like that all day long. Neo Con Labour did all day every day. No big companies have been prosecuted but several small Indian restaurants have.

It doesn't mean the big corporations don't take advantage of illegal employment, they absolutely do. They just have better lawyers that can tie up any attempts at enforcement, so they bypass enforcement.

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pundaint

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Sun May-16-10 06:55 PM
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5. We must stop blaming the corporations. They are doing their jobs. Congress isn't, and the

voters who reelect Congress aren't.

By law, upheld by the supreme court, corporations have a duty to maximize their profits.

There used to be limiting laws. They didn't expire. They were removed by Congress. You may have noticed that Congress is all about shifting blame, we must be all about fixing it.

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IndianaJoe

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Sun May-16-10 07:04 PM
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6. A lot of people hire illegals too. It isn't just corporations. n/t

Edited on Sun May-16-10 07:07 PM by IndianaJoe

And virtually any business, corporate or not, seeks to maximize its profits.

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