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Cannonpointer » 18 Feb 2014 6:32 pm » wrote:Then it's not the "fourth branch" of the government. New branches of government require a Constitutional Amendment. Google it.
WITH? Not AS, but WITH? Okay. So does my cable monopoly. Which branch of government is THAT privately held corporation in?
Because the private entity has been granted a franchise by government - a monopoly, which requires oversight.
Incorrect. Neither of us is aware of that, though one of us seems misinformed on the issue.
The SEC is part of the executive, as is the FTC. I am not familiar with the CFT.
I think your confusion is that government can give certain powers to corporations - for example, a department store can collect taxes on behalf of government. But that does not make department stores government agencies as part of a secret or nonexistent branch of government.
We have three branches of government, and 57 states. I think you have those numbers mixed up.
The one where it calls **** on that position?

How many jobs were created after Reagan's tax cuts took full effect?


What policies and who caused the recessions of 1980 and 1981-2?