[poobear]

Yep, so glad the Democrats “drained the swamp” when they took over Congress in 2008.

[John O]

so what he is calling “crony Capitalism” the rest of us call socialism.

[Irenic]

Wonderful article! This needs to be written and talked about more. Bravo, Mr. Gregg!

[bert]

Income inequality is but an extrapolation of generic inequality. The unequalness begins the moment of birth.

[Misterioso]

In the long-term, crony capitalist arrangements, like mercantilism, are unsustainable. After all, they assume there will always be some people actually creating the wealth for others to loot.

I read a book about this back in 1960. I think it was written by a woman.

[Count of Monte Fisto]

Instead economic success depends upon people’s ability to harness government power to stack the economic deck in their favor.

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” ― Benito Mussolini