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To: org.whodat
Yes, the department of fair marketa

Please, pretty please show me where Newt is advocating that?

Or, is he saying perhaps the character of Romney is what's under the microscope here - character being how you act when no one is forcing you to take either position? Romney's Bain Capital bought companies, issued debt (some would argue while covering up major business risks), used the debt to buy it and its investors out of the acquired company and pay itself lots of fees, then moved on. Too often, the acquired company then folded like a house of cards under the debt load.

Legal? Unless fraud was involved, sure. Moral? If you advocate a beggar-thy-neighbor approach to life, or fall into the atheist Ayn Rand camp, or like to parrot the "it's capitalism, trust us" message of the folks who made their bank this way, sure.

But if you expect the people adversely impacted by this to nod sagely and say, "no worries, Bro, this sort of thing happens in capitalism, and we hope Romney enjoys his nine-figure fortune", well, you're a bloody idiot.

Let me put it another way. Obama was a community organizer - a legal advocation - involved with assembling a constituency to petition for a redress of grievances - Constitutional even! How he did it, why he thought those folks deserved it, and the outcomes he achieved are all highly questionable. Obama got serious power as a result, and I didn't want that type of guy in White House. I don't want the type of guy Romney is in the White House, either.

187 posted on 01/13/2012 9:40:02 PM PST by Liberty Tree Surgeon (Mow your own lawn!)
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To: Liberty Tree Surgeon
If you do not like the rules of capitalism and the way the game is played you can change the rules and if you change the rules you need a department to make sure the new rules are enforced. And it does not have anything to do with obummer, unless you agree he does not like capitalism either. In which case you would be agreeing with him. Your statement is as bad as the ones that think the Willard company and the BS of TARP are the same. And confuse the actions of the pension guaranty insurance with a bail out.
194 posted on 01/13/2012 9:53:32 PM PST by org.whodat (What is the difference in Newt's, Perry's and Willard's positions on Amnesty.)
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