Protestantism

» pink101 - You Are Correct

In response to Oops - sorry about missing this posted by BrianTubbs:
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You wrote, So, the government needs to make sure that - whatever it does - it does NOT inhibit the people's right to pursue their own happiness.
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Yes, that is true. You are correct.
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But, do members of the oil cartels have the right to pursue what makes them happy at the expense of the peoples' pursuit of what makes us happy?
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Of course not. Our rights supersede the rights of any corporation when we vote to satisfy our desires and or interests. Corporations can mess with us all day long; but, in the final analysis, we have the right to tax them at any rate we decide or to nationalize the commodities they exploit.
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There is not one word in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independece that protects the rights of corporate powers over the rights of the people.
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British Petroleum has no "unalienable rights" under our government whatsoever. Every right they possess goes to them from the people and we have the right to take those rights back any time we wish if we so decide.
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Sovereignty~~in the U.S.A.~~is vested in the People.
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-- posted by pink101