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Re: Would effective gun control laws be 'unacceptable social engineering'?
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Dec 23, 2012 12:33 AM
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On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Robert Hansen <bob@rsccore.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 22, 2012, at 4:15 PM, Paul Tanner <upprho@gmail.com> wrote:
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> It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that
> is have free and independent labor unions."
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> And we did have free and independent labor unions.
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> Bob Hansen
And we still do: All labor unions in the US - including labor unions representing government employees - are still free and independent in the way President Roosevelt meant and in the way this phrase is normally means.
Note how the term "free" is meant in its first use in the entire sentence, "free and democratic nation".
What people mean when they say "a free and independent labor union" is that the entity is not an actual branch of government - labor unions in communist countries actually are branches of government in at least some way. One of the differences between democratic socialism as we see in the Scandinavian countries and in dictatorial socialism as we see in communist countries is that the labor unions in the former are free and independent and in the the latter they are not.
If you need more explanation, perhaps the IRS classification of these entities will clear things up - they are 501(c)(5):
"501(c) organization"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)
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"According to the IRS Publication 557, in the Organization Reference Chart section, the following is an exact list of 501(c) organization types and their corresponding descriptions.[1]
501(c)(1) ? Corporations Organized Under Act of Congress (including Federal Credit Unions)
501(c)(2) ? Title Holding Corporation for Exempt Organization[2]
501(c)(3) ? Religious, Educational, Charitable, Scientific, Literary, Testing for Public Safety, to Foster National or International Amateur Sports Competition, or Prevention of Cruelty to Children or Animals Organizations
501(c)(4) ? Civic Leagues, Social Welfare Organizations, and Local Associations of Employees
501(c)(5) ? Labor, Agricultural, and Horticultural Organizations
501(c)(6) ? Business Leagues, Chambers of Commerce, Real Estate Boards, etc.
501(c)(7) ? Social and Recreational Clubs
501(c)(8) ? Fraternal Beneficiary Societies and Associations
501(c)(9) ? Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations
501(c)(10) ? Domestic Fraternal Societies and Associations
501(c)(11) ? Teachers' Retirement Fund Associations
501(c)(12) ? Benevolent Life Insurance Associations, Mutual Ditch or Irrigation Companies, Mutual or Cooperative Telephone Companies, etc.
501(c)(13) ? Cemetery Companies
501(c)(14) ? State-Chartered Credit Unions, Mutual Reserve Funds
501(c)(15) ? Mutual Insurance Companies or Associations
501(c)(16) ? Cooperative Organizations to Finance Crop Operations
501(c)(17) ? Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Trusts
501(c)(18) ? Employee Funded Pension Trust (created before June 25, 1959)
501(c)(19) ? Post or Organization of Past or Present Members of the Armed Forces
501(c)(21) ? Black lung Benefit Trusts
501(c)(22) ? Withdrawal Liability Payment Fund
501(c)(23) ? Veterans Organization (created before 1880)
501(c)(25) ? Title Holding Corporations or Trusts with Multiple Parents
501(c)(26) ? State-Sponsored Organization Providing Health Coverage for High-Risk Individuals
501(c)(27) ? State-Sponsored Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Organization
501(c)(28) ? National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust
501(c)(29) ? Qualified Nonprofit Health Insurance Issuers (Created in section 1322(h)(1) of the Affordable Care Act)[3]"
Note that all of these entities above are not branches of government in any way, and that they are therefore free and independent entities.
I reiterate everything I in
"Re: Would effective gun control laws be 'unacceptable social engineering'?"
http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7942744
said, especially the notion of collectivism, that that is how the people wield immense power - and how those who do not want to see the collective will of the people fully implemented respond to that power is testament to its immensity.
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