Ours is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize their profits and socialize their losses... in effect, they tax you for their accidents, bungling, boondoggles, and mismanagement, just like a government. We should be able to dis-elect them. (Ralph Nader)

Ours is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize their profits and socialize their losses... in effect, they tax you for their accidents, bungling, boondoggles, and mismanagement, just like a government. We should be able to dis-elect them.

Ralph Nader

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