Reich`s claims of inventing the term "Corporate Welfare"(Mental Midget Alert)

A.P. Via Newsday ^ | March 7th 2002 | John McElhenny

[Buzznutt]

By JOHN McELHENNY Associated Press Writer March 7, 2002, 6:24 PM EST BOSTON -- It's not exactly Al Gore claiming to invent the Internet, but gubernatorial candidate Robert Reich's claim he coined the phrase "corporate welfare" is raising some eyebrows.

Reich, secretary of labor under President Clinton, made the claim most recently at a candidates' forum Saturday, but it's not the first time.

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[boomop1]

Let the little man have his 15 minutes of fame.

[GuillermoX]

"It depends on the meaning of the word 'invent'".

[Willie Green]

Ambitious midgets concoct tall stories.

[jrewingjr]

I thought that was when he and Daschle won the same-sex couples' division in the Dwarf Dancing Derby?

Reich was actually a stunt double for the "original" dancing baby.

[boomop1]

Yikes I forgot about that.

[Shermy]

"Corporate welfare" is a useful and insightful term, with a touch of irony since the "corporations" meaning the large corporations, often claim how the "free" market is healthy for them, and how beneficient it is. In reality, a large corporation alienated from any restraint of individual morality accepts any ideology or hypocrisy that makes it more money. Deregulation when it serves it, regulation and subsidies when it serves it. Simultaneous adoption is not uncommon, and is only "hypocritical" if one imposes a sense of human morality.

Reich saying that he coined the term is utterly ridiculous, edging on the immoral. If he said he popularized the term, that might be arguable, but still certainly egotistical. I'd like to see a direct quote of what he actually said. The reporter doesn't provide it.

[Semper Paratus]

Mitt Romney, please come back to Massachusetts.

[Kermit]

Reich is to Al Gore as Mini-Me is to Dr Evil.