I guess I’m having a senior moment. I read the whole article.
Why is Pharma coming to her rescue? Pharma is ultimately going to get screwed. Are they that dumb?
The execs at these companies that are 'selling out' to the government just care about the bottom line(and their paychecks) while they are at their companies. The decisions they are making won't destroy their companies/industries until they are long gone.
If you can, get a copy of Liberal Fascism. It’s an eye-opener. Also get New Deal or Raw Deal and/or The Forgotten Man (can’t think of the authors’names).
One of the things you learn about fascism is that - while it is a form of socialism - it differs from Marxism in that Marxism directly owns the means of production while fascism regulates, bribes, or coerces the means of production into doing what fascist leaders want.
Same result, different means.
So we find that Obama has already made deals with Pharma, and with many of the players in the system. He gets what he wants - power over one-sixth of the economy - and they get something they want - security that Obama won’t plough them under.
That’s Fascism. We saw a lot of the same “dealmaking” with big business in Nazi Germany that we’re seeing today.
Communist China is now a hybrid of Maoist Marxism and fascism. Obama likey.
Jonah Goldberg also points out the “liberal fascism” of FDR’s New Deal. And, again, FDR co-opted large corporations to write the laws/regulations that would benefit themselves and drive under their smaller competitors.
That’s basically what’s going on now. The big players can make sweetheart deals with the government that will enable them to expand their market share even as the overall market shrinks to to Obama’s stupid policies.
Being “pro-capitalism” is NOT the same as being “pro-business.”
If conservatives can seriously get behind policies that will be beneficial for SMALL BUSINESSES (the true engines of a thriving capitalist system), they can become an unstoppable political force.
Less sweetheart deals; more sensible policies.