'Debt crisis like fat people blaming bakers' (Gene Simmons)

The Sun (UK) ^ | 11 Nov 2011 | GENE SIMMONS

[markomalley]

THE first thing I would do if I was the benevolent dictator of planet Earth would be to fire all politicians — who are basically university lecturers in positions of power.

They might be able to quote the existential philosophers but that doesn't mean they know how to run businesses.

Countries are businesses — they have imports and exports and you want your exports to be higher than your imports so you can have a profit.

You want to make sure that whatever money you give out to your population is money that you can afford to send out.

Countries are a house of cards — and when the bottom few cards fall down they all topple over. Look at Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy.

If businessmen ran the country, this wouldn't happen. Richard Branson would make a great PM. He's more qualified.

Government makes money by taxing and spending.

It's so simple. If you spend more than you tax, you're out of business. MPs don't know what they're talking about.

And we created this miserable economic state. It's like fat people who think it's the bakery's fault they got fat.

No, you kept going in there and you kept eating cake. It's not the bakery's responsibility to tell you to slow down.

[canuck_conservative]

Gene makes clear how traumatized he was growing up dirt poor and hungry AND being abandoned by his father. Money-grubbing and skirt-chasing are a frequent by-product.

That's no excuse for the slimy way he treated his bandmates on their ride up the success-ladder. Gene didn't seem to mind promoting KISS as a united foursome (album covers, posters, etc.) and capitalizing on it, but then had a problem with fairly sharing the profits.

What a guy.

[SkyPilot]

Gene Simmons' wife.

Barack Obama's wife.

[ReagansShinyHair]

I think he is a manipulative and smart person who will say what he thinks best profits him. I do not respect him and do not trust anything he says.

[Rummyfan]

Marking for later viewing.

[stevie_d_64]

LOUD, I WANNA HEAR IT LOUD...RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYESSSSS!!!

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