Posted on 12/31/2001 9:42:20 AM PST by hchutch
I know a bit about the intellectual history of fascism. Fascism as an ideology was invented by Mussolini in 1916 who promoted it as an alternative to international socialism which was a euphemism for communism at the time. Mussolini called this new idea 'national socialism' which was later shortened to 'nazi' by the Germans which was their acronym for national socialism. I don't know who came up with the fascist label, but it was an ideology of the intellectual left when it was invented, that's true.
In the 1930's the Republicans were a lot like the Republicans of today. There were prominent Republicans who did in fact openly praise Hitler for getting the job done in Germany. One Republican, Henry Ford, invested heavily in Germany during the 1930's. He built them all kinds of factories that they later used to build weapons with.
So, today's corporate welfare and special corporate tax breaks by the Republicans are nothing new.
If you don't believe me that Republicans seem to worship big corporations, then just read what you wrote. You said that we'd all die without them and that we owe them something special. No, they are nothing special and deserve no special consideration. Individuals are citizens of the United States. Corporations that have an American charter are not and our government should not serve them.
I hate corporations that provide millions of jobs and provide billions of goods and services to people at a reasonable price.
I know I couldn't survive with out the commie nanny's telling me how to live.
Good. Then I've found a way to retrieve at least some of my tax dollars by being an Abbott shareholder.
It is ridiculous to claim that Motorola is a well run organization. Just a year ago there was a big article in the Wall Street Journal telling how they have chased their own top talent managers away by the practice of nepotism. They've lost so much market share, they've laid off what 50,000 Americans in the last 3 years, they're switching their production from America and to China and Republicans are still saying that because they're a big corporation that they need special provisions in the law and special tax breaks and special indentured servitude labor programs. Ridiculous.
Red, "big" corporations and "little" corporations don't exist to create "jobs for Americans."
They're in business to make money for their stockholders. Jobs are a byproduct of profitability.
And just which Naderite gets to determine what the APPROPRIATE charge for the drug is, when they are partly to blame for the COSTS of new drugs!
A Pahrmaceutical Company spends ~$800 MILLION over 8 to 10 YEARS to market/develop a new drug, most of which is mandated by the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! Just how is the company, which is in business to MAKE A PROFIT, supposed to foot such an outlay, and recoup costs?
Socialist morons...if you don't like the cost...don't buy the drug! Oh, you need it...TOUGH! Pay up! No freebies for you, after you screwed up the entire Pharm industry!
They've abused consumers, ripped off shareholders of companies. I'm sure the employees of those companies feel secure.
While MM is at it, why don't they take a look at Zimbawe(sp?)? CNN comes to mind. Polluting the airwaves, taking up valuable bandwidth on cable and canning people.
Republicans are now more powerful in Washington than the Democrats are. Yet Republicans don't do anything about this situation, nor about many other injustices brought down upon us. The high costs of health care are a huge burden to many Americans. If the Republicans really do have compassion for these people, then they'll want to do something about it, yet they do not. They merely pose and posture and claim compassion, always the type of Compassion that big-government liberals and Country Club Republicans espouse. But they don't behave in a compassionate way by wiping this crap away. The Republicans are nothing but a big con job.
The employees were stupider than dirt for putting all their eggs in one basket.
However, stockholders were given eighteen consecutive quarters of incorrect financial results by this lying corporation. Doctored financial disclosure is the issue here, not ESOPs.
Imagine! these evil people spent a lot of time and money inventing a wonder drug and now they expect a return on their investment!
The world would be a lot better off if nobody developed new drugs for profit...right?
< /sarcasm >
--Boris
Sounds like a good description of government.
However, unlike private corporations, the government
extracts money from my wallet at gunpoint. Walmart
doesn't get any of my money unless I want them to.
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