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Old 01-13-2006, 08:15 PM
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Default Re: MAryland forces business to pay more for healthcare

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Originally Posted by Anti-Utopian
Workers already have a seat at the table in the capitalist system. You're saying that they should also have a bunch of armed thugs to push the capitalists around. That's what I disagree with.
No, I'm saying they should take care of workers. If they had a seat at the table then their buying power wouldn't be decreasing. If you call making capitalists follow rules that protect workers then I guess you are right. Then again you could use that definition any time laws are enforced.
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