Big Business as an Opponent of Free Markets

Pajamas Media ^ | February 20, 2010 | Tom Blumer

[KippLanham]

One never wants to take anything for granted, but it appeared as of Friday evening that “cap and trade,” one of President Barack Obama’s two key initiatives, is at death’s door, while with statist health care, the president is attempting a resurrection.

It is more than a little sobering to realize that, but for a few gigabytes of purloined emails and one upstart candidate’s upset Senate victory in Massachusetts, both measures might by now have received his final signature. It’s downright frightening to realize that these leftist victories, had they been achieved (and one may yet be), would largely have resulted from big business’ attempts to make peace with people who are capitalism’s sworn enemies.

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[MuttTheHoople]

I was reading on the Drudge Report that Rahmbo Deadfish wants to revive Socialized Medicine. I hope the GOP and Tea Partiers kept their powder dry and are ready to take this on yet again.

[A CA Guy]

I read that there is some kind of law named after KKK Byrd that allows for stripping bills to nothing if they try to do what they want to do. Effectively ending the bill going through if I read right.

Hope that is so.

[MuttTheHoople]

Big Business has always preferred security to risk. Hitler made deals with many of the big businesses like Krupp and Siemens (I think they’re the ones who made the gas chambers), and I see Obama making deals with the big-time oligarchies to maintain order and enrich a few wealthy people. In the meantime, small businesses and more flexible entrepreneurships struggle with the new taxes and regulations put on them in the past year.

[Ukiapah Heep]

It is the responsibility of the business to make money. Not to insure your rights or support clean govenrnment.

There is similarly no clause in the constitution gauranteeing to you personally a profit.

[Oatka]

Big Business has always preferred security to risk. Hitler made deals with many of the big businesses like Krupp and Siemens

Indeed. Big business can see no further than the next end-of-quarter and ever larger CEO bonuses. Like the Krupps, Siemens', and other Junkers, they think they can control the guy in power for their own benefit - only to find out too late that they go down with the country.

Eisenhower warned of the "military-industrial complex" but the "global competition complex" are even worse - and more successful. It took 'em 30+ years to gut the Middle Class for their own profit, and are now finding out they've laid off each others' customers. Anyone who thinks this country will recover under this present scenario is dreaming. Welcome to the Brave New World of the Proles (Noun 1. prole - a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) - Free Dictionary definition, not mine)