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> Why do we need legislation?

The fundamental purpose of the constitution is to limit government overreach. Limitations on individuals and corporations are enacted through legislation. Those limitations (in general) are necessary because without them, people with the most power abuse the people with the least, until there's a violent uprising. Today's legislation exists because of the last violent uprising in response to abuses of corporate power. Removing it wholesale, without replacement, invites that bloody history to repeat itself.

Wanna tweak it so managers can unionize? Sounds fine to me! Wanna make union membership optional through federal law? That's gonna be a fight.



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