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In reply to the discussion: My wife and I moved into a new place last week [View all]geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)27. Best of everything to you and the Mrs. in the new place.
And here's to hoping your back improves.
RE: America.
The America that the Walmarts, R$'s and their ilk envision is one of debt bondage. Where all people exist to service debts that have be placed upon them by the owners (see Walmarts, R$'s and their ilk) of the debt. It is a condition that there were laws against, but the owners have changed the game somewhat to disguise it. Talented legal people need to start applying to these laws to the modern manifestation of debt bondage and servitude.
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NIcely put, although this has been obvious for quite some time. The question is...
gilpo
Nov 2012
#3
I think a first step is that most of us have had to step back from the frenzied consumerism
Squinch
Nov 2012
#13
K&R! Right on brother, I couldn't agree more! The fall of the Roman Empire did not happen
Dustlawyer
Nov 2012
#17
Thom Hartmann - Unequal Protection - A Great Read On Corporate Personhood
cantbeserious
Nov 2012
#29
I have purchased from the Made in USA Forever site. The site's owner was a former Tech
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#73
well yes that is exactly what happened and pretty much everyone knows it
Douglas Carpenter
Nov 2012
#69
Another bell run was on PBS...The Dust Bowl, and it paints the same story...
MrMickeysMom
Nov 2012
#71