Posted on 08/06/2008 1:03:27 PM PDT by AlanGreenSpam
Vote for me, and I’ll steal from the evil rich corporations and bribe each of my voters with $1000. - That’s the breed of politicians we have now - foul, thriving scumbags, brazen and proud of their obvious plundering, cheered on by a growing wickedly immoral populace that embraces such policy.
Oprah (Harpo Productions) earned $385 million last year. That sounds like a windfall to me.
Here’s from another post:
As George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”
We see this all the time in modern American politics. Paul believes in his right to personal liberty, especially economic equality. But in order to pay for his personal economic equality, he also believes in his right to rob Peter of his privately earned belongings, and any politician willing to rob Peter on Paul’s behalf, will have Paul’s support.
Obama is Paul’s New Messiah
If you ask most Americans if they want their federal government to manage the energy industry the same way they managed Social Security and Medicare (into bankruptcy), they will say “hell no!”
But for a lousy thousand bucks, all of the Pauls, the “what’s in it for me constituency,” will jump in line.
Alaska State Goverment did that to the oil companies this past year.
And what about the windfall profits of Hollywood’s summer movies? The Dark Knight is raking it in...
Regarding Apple’s 34% gross margins, note there’s a difference between GROSS margins and NET margins. We have to be sure we’re comparing apples and apples (no pun intended).
Plutarch -
Thanks for the advice. I didn’t know that and will do so next time...
true, the margin is 50% on the iphone
This article is stunning! Someone dares to question Obama in the press?
Someone better tell Obama about the “windfall profits” John Edwards made when he was practicing law...why not take some of the profits of lawyers.....talk about hypocrites.
Exactly!
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