I agree that there is a widening gap, and I agree its because corporations are in charge now. We have a corporate fascist state, where corporations and the government work together to screw you and me.

argument from authority. I would imagine you've read Michael Chichton's article describing what happens when science gets politicized?

the entire scientific community is not lying. there is a substantial percentage of the scientific community that either believes climate change is not man-made, that it is man-made but not catastrophic, or that the solutions progressive are proposing would not solve the problem anyway, if it exists.

That's where you are wrong. I don't like corporations. Like Adam Smith, I do not trust them, at all. Thats why I am so reticent to give government any power. I know that the first thing those corporate hucksters are going to do is buy off the government, and they are going to do it with our money.

fine. a calmly stated point. We've stated our opinions, its highly unlikely we will change each other's minds.

and the dumb get dumber!! there's no money to be made in global warming?
"Former vice president Al Gore had a net worth of about $1.7 million at the turn of the century and 13 years later, his wealth has grown to more than $200 million."
Wow. This is in addition to the gravy train of federal money that "scientist" who…

American corporations collaborated with the Nazi GOVERNMENT, right, Both share blame

FLAME ON, DUDE!! Meanwhile, kneel yourself prostrate before Goldman Sachs, et al, as they make billions in the merry-go-round of government money creation by fiat and bond sales, and the value of little old granny's savings account drops to near zero in real terms. Then, you can claim the whole kit and kaboodle was…

government not involved at all? you are truly ignorant. Fannie and Freedie (government agencies) were buying up all those crap loans you are talking about, which kept the process going. If the banks had to hold onto the loans they were making, the loans never would have been made in the first place.

in a free market, corporations succeed to the extent that the provide what consumers want. Unfortunately, progressives like you want to insert yourself in the process because you feel you know whats best for everyone.

pretty amazing how dumb you are. First of all, if you want the government to set the price of money rather than the free market, you are entitled to that position. HOWEVER, you certainly CANNOT argue that you want the government to set the price of money, then suggest that the free market is to blame when the…

haha!!

keep dreaming. if you can continue to ignore all the atrocities governments have perpetrated down through the years, I want some of what you are smoking

Somalia has always been dreadful, violent place. That was true no matter whether it had a state or not. The fact that the economy continues to grow, 2.6% growth rate as of 2010 refutes the idea that government is somehow necessary.

you have no idea what you are talking about. Do you understand what is meant by a free market? Do you understand that, in a free market, the free market. NOT THE GOVERNMENT, would set the price of money, i.e., the interest rate? That is a fact. It is also a fact that the ability to deduct mortgage interest from your…

Don't know what BlackHawk Down has to do with it (I read it), but Somalia is better off stateless. Its not a Utopia, mind you, but it is better off stateless:

absurd and delusional comments. You simply have no idea what a free market is. The fact that greed still exists in a society does not mean its a free market.

Debt is not automatically bad. However, it is VERY likely that government debt is bad, or at the bare minimum less productive than debt created in a voluntary exchange, since those who voluntarily loan capital require some evidence that their loan will be productive. Government debt has no such requirement. Money can…

"… there isn't going to just be one rich guy around who thinks he's the one who should be in charge. There are going to be a bunch of them and each one is going to surround himself with guns and lots of folks are going to die along the way."

It won't be utopia, I agree. However, utopia is not an option. We can't prevent evil. We can only limit the capacity of men to perpetrate evil. And step one is abolishing government. Murder will still occur. Murder on the horrific level that has been perpetrated by the state down though history….will NOT.