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Old 04-16-2008, 02:26 PM   #24 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by Arminius View Post
With all due respect, it's my opinion that the only entity that can squeeze you is the government. Companies can only pay their CEO's with profits, or pay them at a loss. However, they can't take YOUR money an pay CEO's with it. In fact, you can decide to buy from somoene else if you don't like what a company does with the money THEY earned or borrowed. They're free to do that under the law, just like WE are free to spen OUR money.
That assumes the consumer has a choice... I can't just switch electric utility companies - there's only one for my house.... Sure, one could say just go off grid - but that brings us back to the squeeze :/ Just a few pennies for the devil...
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