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One of the most eye catching things is the quote at the beginning. The two-party system has failed We the People through factional division and gamesmanship. Those who can't see it are either blind or complicit.

The accumulation of all powers legislative, executive and judiciary in the same hands, whether of one, a few or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.

James Madison
The Federalist Papers
Federalist No. 47
January 30, 1788
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Col Joseph Lenertz
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Will Atlas ever shrug? Maybe he shrugs a little at a time...slowly.
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SPC Erich Guenther
SPC Erich Guenther
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Funny you should mention that. Large stake in my retirement portfolio is in the Union Pacific Railroad (heh-heh, cha-ching!)
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MCPO Roger Collins
MCPO Roger Collins
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"who is John Galt?"

Another applicable book would be "Animal Farm". I would suggest 1984, but it has taken place.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
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MSgt James Mullis
MSgt James Mullis
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There are a lot of very rich people moving to New Zealand.
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SPC Erich Guenther
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I think this is starting to go off the deep end a little. I don't like Hillary either but we are still in charge of the real power in this country and if either one of them steps over the boundries I am sure we will hear about it and at that point Congress will turn on them both. It's not like they will have Carte Blanche and even with the Clinton Foundation as a slush fund, they still do not have the amount of money needed to corrupt everyone. I think we are still within the safety zone here. We might test some of the limits along the way but there is no way Clinton will change this country all that much and certainly she won't be as bad as Obama. Even though she is making it sound like she will be to garner votes from the stupid.
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CPT Jack Durish
CPT Jack Durish
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Hillary is quite different from President Obama. She is not an ideologue. To be honest, I don't think she cares much for any political party. Left or Right, doesn't matter to her. She puts on a show to garner votes with the Left, but coddles up to the Right with equal ease. Hillary's only identifiable agenda is to become even more wealthy. While Secretary of State she collected hundreds of millions by peddling influence. Imagine how much more she'll garner as President.
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SPC Erich Guenther
SPC Erich Guenther
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CPT Jack Durish - Yes I agree with most of that and her Supporters are blind to it. However, I think after the spot light of this election her money making days are nearing an end. We'll see how much the Democrats can hold their nose at. I think they are facing a major split in the Democratic Party right now between hard Left and Moderate / right wing. So they have to be more careful now than they have in the past to keep everyone happy. If the Republicans ever really marketed to Latinos (and a good chunk are Republican leaning) or to African Americans ( a good chunk are tired of the Democrats failed policies)..........You could remake the Republican Party into a majority Party the Democrats would have real issues beating at the ballot box. We just need someone at the RNC to setup a plan like that and execute it. Hillary largely won't fix anything she promised so the next four years you could really remake the Republican Party into a power house. The next Presidential election cycle will have a LOT more frustrated people than this one did.
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MSgt James Mullis
MSgt James Mullis
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Congress can only Impeach the President (i.e charge him or her with misconduct). It would take a two-thirds majority vote of the Senate to convict (i.e. kick a president out of office) and the Justice Department and only the Justice Department has the authority to prosecute for criminal actions.
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SPC Erich Guenther
SPC Erich Guenther
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MSgt James Mullis - Lets say the absolute worst case scenario happens and the Democrats take control of the Senate by a one vote majority. There are 25 Senate seats up for re-election two years later. Will they win the majority twice? Not likely. The House also has seats up for re-election 2 years later. That gives her a fairly narrow two year window to push her agenda through. Hence it would behoove her to push through the non-controversial stuff first and not polarize the electorate. We'll see what she actually does. I am not hugely worried about the Supreme Court control issue or HRC changing government that radically the first two years because she wants to keep that money machine going to the Clinton Foundation as long as possible.
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