I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

[Babagounj]

btw, JFK's father was a millionaire.

He made his money from rum running , an illegal act .
Thus he was a criminal .

 

[Sportello]

He made his money from rum running , an illegal act .
Thus he was a criminal .

What would that make the Bush clan?

 

[MrFedEx]

What would that make the Bush clan?

Which is worse? Running rum or collaborating with the Nazis? Prescott Bush is the source of the family fortune, and he didn't come by it ethically or patriotically.

 

[UnconTROLLed]

Let me get this straight.....so you're saying that the owner of a company, the person who took the risk to start a business, should have NO say in how the money earned by his/her company is disbursed? Let the workers make that decision?

No, I think he's saying that the "owners" of the company should be the people doing the work, and an some absentee landlord writing e-mails and conference calls from their private yachts in the Caribbean. But he left that part out.

 

[teamer]

Which is worse? Running rum or collaborating with the Nazis? Prescott Bush is the source of the family fortune, and he didn't come by it ethically or patriotically.

you thought he should sell flags?

 

[MrFedEx]

you thought he should sell flags?

To conservitards, anything is justified if there's a profit to be made. Very few bring up the Nazi associations of Prescott Bush, source of the Bush money. At least Joe Kennedy wasn't collaborating with the enemy.

 

[teamer]

To conservitards, anything is justified if there's a profit to be made. Very few bring up the Nazi associations of Prescott Bush, source of the Bush money. At least Joe Kennedy wasn't collaborating with the enemy.

Now now I'm sure you liberals have made it up many times.

 

[MrFedEx]

Now now I'm sure you liberals have made it up many times.

How about I take your milkshake, tear off your head, and then pour it down your neck? Is that good capitalism?

 

[newfie]

 

[wkmac]

Family of Secrets

 

[rickyb]

500 corporations control 75% of US GDP

 

[Babagounj]

500 corporations control 75% of US GDP

And your point is ?

 

[oldngray]

500 corporations control 75% of US GDP

How many people own stock in those 500 corporations?

 

[newfie]

How many people own stock in those 500 corporations?

how many earn a living from or a retirement check from them

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

How many people own stock in those 500 corporations?

how many earn a living from or a retirement check from them

It all trickles down... lol.

 

[rickyb]

How many people own stock in those 500 corporations?

better question would be who owns the majority of the stock in them?

i dont know david cay johnston didnt mention that, but stock ownership in america is very concentrated to a small group of people. you could look it up but i think the number was 1% owns 75% of all stock if i recall.

richard wolff has also commented on how few corporations do most of the business in america.

 

[Babagounj]

That small group of people just happen to be 1000's of union employees .
Our 401k plans and the union pension funds are all invested with the stock exchanges .
If just the 410k funds were to be removed say tomorrow , there would be panic on Wall St.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

That small group of people just happen to be 1000's of union employees .
Our 401k plans and the union pension funds are all invested with the stock exchanges .
If just the 410k funds were to be removed say tomorrow , there would be panic on Wall St.

Who's idea was it for this country's pension retirement system to be shifted to the 401k scam?

 

[Babagounj]

Somebody who was to scared to fix SS.

 

[rickyb]

That small group of people just happen to be 1000's of union employees .
Our 401k plans and the union pension funds are all invested with the stock exchanges .
If just the 410k funds were to be removed say tomorrow , there would be panic on Wall St.

union employees own jack because they earn jack.