Do you agree that more regulations/restrictions should be placed on individuals than on corporations?

by **hillocke** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:57 am

Individual freedom for citizens is dangerous and unproductive and serves no purpose, but freedom for corporations (ending pollution controls and labor laws) can maximize their profits.

by **fenwick** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:01 am

Do you realize that when we had next to no regulations and almost no limitations on freedom for the peoples and the corporations, we had a 3 decade boom economically speaking. [this was shortly after the war of 1812 but before the Mexican American War.]

The more government is involved, the more difficult it is to grow an economy. People need to be free to decide how to invest their money. Corporations are people too. If you limit the people, you've limited the corporations. If you limit the corporations, you limit the people too.

The Constitution gave us a system of "Free Enterprise - Capitalism". Since 1913, we haven't had this system in effect. This is why we had the Great Depression. It wasn't because corporations got out of hand and the freedom of people left them too stupid. It's because regulations were setting in which allowed economic power started to be consolidated... 1% anyone? If the regulations didn't exist, it would have been harder (not easier) to help the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

We need as much freedom as possible with a stable currency which will give us consistent prosperity without all the "bust and boom" cycles.

There is nothing useless, dangerous or unproductive about personal freedom. Whoever tells you that individual freedom is dangerous is the kind of person which supports poverty for the 99%.

When personal freedom is seen as dangerous, you know you're living under Tyranny. If you go along with it, you're a slave.

by **golding** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:08 am

No. WE the people run this country, not corporations. There should be more oversight, more regulation on companies. They are nothing but a tool in which 1) people receive wages, and 2) The economy is spurred.

As Abraham Lincoln said:

"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."

by **jerard** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:09 am

No. I utterly disagree with your premise that "Individual freedom for citizens is dangerous and unproductive and serves no purpose".

Individual freedom is necessary, and that goes for Corporations, (which are only composed of people), too. We need individual freedom and economic freedom, (and that last implies capitalism), in order to grow personally, financially, spiritually, emotionally, and physically.

by **muata2** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:24 am

Are you trolling? Because this question is profoundly wrong-headed.

People and corporations both already have too many regulations and restrictions on them. And nobody has even remotely suggested that corporations have no restrictions or regulations at all, but only that which is rational and necessary.

by **wahchintonka48** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:53 am

The situation as I see it--is a country useing the Not In My School--theory of evolution..
While the country should only move forward--from the standing--that we teach these things in school..
The country is becoming NUMB-about the lessons of value..
And retreating about--values and competition..
Instead--they are teaming into a MUTE-ambition--a league about--secrecy and domination..NOT values..but..ambitious--grabbing.

by **jarel** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:55 am

The situation as I see it--is a country useing the Not In My School--theory of evolution..
While the country should only move forward--from the standing--that we teach these things in school..
The country is becoming NUMB-about the lessons of value..
And retreating about--values and competition..
Instead--they are teaming into a MUTE-ambition--a league about--secrecy and domination..NOT values..but..ambitious--grabbing.

thats about the most wrong headed thing i have ever heard. . but if thats your philosopy go ahead and most to the love canal or next to some big polluter. . if thats your belief do it. people can act with a moral code .

by **hanan** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:59 am

Corporations are People.

by **muireach** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:03 am

No We the people not they the Corporations

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