What frightens you more?

[kalm]

Big government or big banks?

And why?

[ASUG8]

Big banks can only control some portion of my life, while Big Government can legislate me into a mindless, penniless drone. I'm a fan of neither, but I'll take big banks over Big Government.

[Col Hogan]

Big government or big banks?

And why?

Big Government...because to become big, they want in every aspect of my life...

As an individual, I can work around the big banks...I understasnd companies might not be able to, but I can...

[HI54UNI]

Big government or big banks?

And why?

Big Government...because to become big, they want in every aspect of my life...

As an individual, I can work around the big banks...I understasnd companies might not be able to, but I can...

+1

[Ivytalk]

Is that a trick question?

Big guvmint, because it can steal your freedom and your money in the guise of "helping others."

Kumbaya, m'lawd, kumbaya...

Duh.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Ain't even a question for me either. I agree with all others for the same reasons.

[Baldy]

This is a no brainer...government is the one with the guns.

[CID1990]

Banks don't tax me. (At least not the ones I don't do business with)

Banks don't tell me I have to wear a helmet or a seatbelt.

Banks don't tell me where I can drive my truck.

Banks don't tell me I can't paint my house hot pink if I want to.

Banks don't charge me ridiculous fees if I want to build a sex palace on the back of my hot pink house.

Banks don't take away forever 45% of my income.

Banks don't tell me I can't smoke dope.

Banks don't tell me where I can and can't go.

Banks don't tell me I owe them 100 bucks if I refuse to answer the stupid race questions on the census card.

Banks don't require me to have a permit for every fvcking thing I have to do that is necessary for living, like driving.

I'll take the big evil banks.

[catamount man]

big government, no matter what political persuasion. big banks don't play the eminent domain card either.

[CID1990]

big government, no matter what political persuasion. big banks don't play the eminent domain card either.

Yep. Even reading that word makes me angry as hell.

[houndawg]

Bankers may be parasitic scum-suckers who would crawl over their dying mother to f*** their dead sister, but at least their greed makes them fairly predictable.

Big government is more like an epileptic with a machine gun.

[blueballs]

Big Banks who are in the pocket of big government (See Barwey Fwank and the new RESPA and Reg X laws)...

[dbackjon]

big government, no matter what political persuasion. big banks don't play the eminent domain card either.

Yep. Even reading that word makes me angry as hell.

The Constitution frightens you?

[dbackjon]

Big Business, that controls Big Government frightens me.

[BlackFalkin]

Big guvmint, because it can steal your freedom and your money in the guise of "helping others."
Duh.

Yeah Bruh, da guvamint has their hands in ALL FOUR of your pockets, and we bend over & take it from birth.

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this statement, in no way, implies that I engage in homosexually activities.

[BlackFalkin]

Bankers may be parasitic scum-suckers who would crawl over their dying mother to f*** their dead sister, but at least their greed makes them fairly predictable.
Big government is more like an epileptic with a machine gun.

[CID1990]

Yep. Even reading that word makes me angry as hell.

The Constitution frightens you?

Of course not, you hyperbolic idiot.

Eminent domain as indicated in the Constitution was never intended to allow the government to take your property in order to put up a fvcking WalMart. Count eminent domain as one of the many portions of the Constitution that have been twisted and abused by our government.

In fact, you actually make the argument for me. You can add another point to my list:

Big banks don't abuse and/or ignore the U.S. Constitution.

[catamount man]

The Constitution frightens you?

Of course not, you hyperbolic idiot.

Eminent domain as indicated in the Constitution was never intended to allow the government to take your property in order to put up a fvcking WalMart. Count eminent domain as one of the many portions of the Constitution that have been twisted and abused by our government.

In fact, you actually make the argument for me. You can add another point to my list:

Big banks don't abuse and/or ignore the U.S. Constitution.

[houndawg]

The Constitution frightens you?

Of course not, you hyperbolic idiot.

Eminent domain as indicated in the Constitution was never intended to allow the government to take your property in order to put up a fvcking WalMart. Count eminent domain as one of the many portions of the Constitution that have been twisted and abused by our government.

In fact, you actually make the argument for me. You can add another point to my list:

Big banks don't abuse and/or ignore the U.S. Constitution.

Yeah, they pay lobbyists to do that part.

[CID1990]

Of course not, you hyperbolic idiot.

Eminent domain as indicated in the Constitution was never intended to allow the government to take your property in order to put up a fvcking WalMart. Count eminent domain as one of the many portions of the Constitution that have been twisted and abused by our government.

In fact, you actually make the argument for me. You can add another point to my list:

Big banks don't abuse and/or ignore the U.S. Constitution.

Yeah, they pay lobbyists to do that part.

It's the lobbyists that abuse the Constitution? Is that it?

Who makes the laws? How exactly do these lobbyists force Congress to do what they would not otherwise do?

I guess you were just trying to be snarky as opposed to accurate.

[houndawg]

Yeah, they pay lobbyists to do that part.

It's the lobbyists that abuse the Constitution? Is that it?

Who makes the laws? How exactly do these lobbyists force Congress to do what they would not otherwise do?

I guess you were just trying to be snarky as opposed to accurate.

You seem a mite peevish today CIDman, are we PMSing?

Speaking of hyperbolic ...... you might try to remember that this is a small-division football board and we aren't all insiders rubbing shoulders with the ruling class on a daily basis. Actually I was thinking of the Mining Act of 1872 which lets foreign mining companies, unlike gas or oil companies, extract minerals on public land and pay no royalties to anybody. Would you say that Congress allows that to continue because what they would do anyway is ignore royalties from a billion dollar industry?

[CID1990]

It's the lobbyists that abuse the Constitution? Is that it?

Who makes the laws? How exactly do these lobbyists force Congress to do what they would not otherwise do?

I guess you were just trying to be snarky as opposed to accurate.

You seem a mite peevish today CIDman, are we PMSing?

Speaking of hyperbolic ...... you might try to remember that this is a small-division football board and we aren't all insiders rubbing shoulders with the ruling class on a daily basis. Actually I was thinking of the Mining Act of 1872 which lets foreign mining companies, unlike gas or oil companies, extract minerals on public land and pay no royalties to anybody. Would you say that Congress allows that to continue because what they would do anyway is ignore royalties from a billion dollar industry?

Not sure who you think I am, but I don't rub shoulders with anyone. I just read.

The Mining Act of 1872 doesn't really have anything to do with eminent domain. It allows for mineral rights on non-specific use Federal public land. The act itself makes no provision for the taking of private land or involuntary transfer of mineral rights. I am sure that mining companies have lobbyists who occasionally remind their favorite senators and representatives how lucrative this is to them, and those members of Congress keep the status quo. Not really sure how that relates to our government's habit of playing fast and loose with the Constitution, though.