On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 4:56:43 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > On 12/19/2012 3:50 PM, meekerdb wrote: > > On 12/19/2012 11:08 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: > > On 12/19/2012 1:42 PM, meekerdb wrote: > > On 12/19/2012 6:54 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > > Hi Craig Weinberg > > The difference between corporations and the govt > is that corps have to make a profit or they fail. > > > Or they get the government to give them breaks because they're too big to > fail. > > Brent > > > Hi Brent, > > What if the corps where allowed to fail on their own as market forces > require? > > > It would be very bad for the economy and a lot of working level people - > so many that the corporation are, with justification, considered 'too big > to fail'. > > ISTM that corporations use government as a means to overcome normal market > forces and thus are such a problem. Fundamentally, it is corruption within > government is the main source of our problems. > > > But it isn't just money-under-the-table and campaign funding that > corrupts; it is also a huge think-tank industry and media empire that > supports politicians who vote to allow mergers and tax breaks and special > regulations that, down the road, result in corporations that really are > too-big-to-fail. > > Brent > > > So, basically, we are just screwed. OK! ;-) >
At least the super-rich will have higher numbers in their bank accounts. That will make the loss of civilization for the other 6.9999 billion people all worthwhile ;) > -- > Onward! > > Stephen > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/-/iu_mvN7oKhQJ. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
