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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Thu Dec 5, 2013, 06:25 PM Dec 2013

Stewart Explains Difference Between Corporations and People: People Can’t Escape Justice with Money!

Jon Stewart helped explain Wednesday night the exact difference between corporations and people: when people get in trouble with the law, they can’t pay a shitload of money to settle everything out of court. But corporations? Yes they can!
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Stewart Explains Difference Between Corporations and People: People Can’t Escape Justice with Money! (Original Post) Tx4obama Dec 2013 OP

exactly riverbendviewgal Dec 2013 #1

+1 russspeakeasy Dec 2013 #2

While, I do love the segment and its underlying point - He's wrong. dballance Dec 2013 #3

That just what I was thinking happyfunball Dec 2013 #4

We saw that just recently with the drunken Walmart heiress TBF Dec 2013 #5

riverbendviewgal

(4,252 posts)

1. exactly

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 06:31 PM

Dec 2013

we have a very serious problem with corporations and elite control of 99 percent of us.

russspeakeasy

(6,539 posts)

2. +1

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Thu Dec 5, 2013, 06:47 PM

Dec 2013

dballance

(5,756 posts)

3. While, I do love the segment and its underlying point - He's wrong.

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 07:44 PM

Dec 2013

As long as people like the Mars candy heiress can kill someone in a car crash and walk away with a $2400 fine he's wrong. There are most certainly dual court systems in this country. One for the rich and one for the rest of us.

happyfunball

(80 posts)

4. That just what I was thinking

Reply to dballance (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 08:17 PM

Dec 2013

TBF

(32,060 posts)

5. We saw that just recently with the drunken Walmart heiress

Reply to dballance (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 08:59 AM

Dec 2013

who got off scot free in Texas. Doesn't matter how many DUI's she has or how many vehicular homicides ...

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