I have yet to see an economic discussion of why you think companies maximizing profits through a world market is a bad thing.
Not to change the subject but let me respond to the thread topic. No, I'm not mad anyone's rich that earned it. And he earned it. He earned it legally, and ethically. How did Obama make his millions as a community organizer? Maybe he had investments; SHIT he did business with Wall Street!! The Horror! Ohh that's right, Michelle's a lawyer - and of course they never shit on people for money. Isn't it the perfect American dream that the Obama's could get rich by only doing good, using only green energy, and eating the right foods so that even their feces does't have odor. You people can't be so stupid as to believe that Obama came out of the Chicago political establishment without burying a few bodies. He's plenty ruthless if you open your eyes. The Obama campaign doesn't care about Romney's taxes; they don't care if you believe it; they only want you to talk about anything other than the last four years. It's a rope-a-dope; and the dopes are buying it.
It's not always a bad thing. But it has been the main catalyst in the outsourcing of well-paying blue-collar manufacturing jobs in this country. That is a very bad thing for the country. Other developed countries protect their domestic industrial base and other critical infrastructure far better than we do. WWII was a war of attrition. We won it because we out-built all enemies and allies. Some day we will have another war of attrition and we will lose it due to lack of an industrial base. There is a balance to be achieved between corporate greed to achieve maximum profits and the critical strategic needs of the nation. It has not only weekend our strategic position, but it has resulted in the large unemployment numbers we must live with in its wake. Employment is sluggish because too many jobs have moved overseas and have become unavailable to Americans. Just so the corporations can post a few points better on the market.
That’s just it, there is no balance that needs to be achieved. You say greed like it’s a bad thing. You explain to me why greed is bad. You can’t have half of a free market. You’d just F it up. Jobs are only part of the issue, but it is the only justification for putting the axe on the free market. Your war comment is funny. That’s what nukes were invented for. End the shit in a matter of days. You really thing we would starve ourselves and lose a “battle of attrition” than use the nukes? Come on Red. TO be clear, if we would have had a nuke in 1941, the war would have been over in 1941……….
Why don't you look it up instead of guessing? First of all, they are nowhere as rich as Romney. They were two lawyers working and making six figures apiece which will get you rich in time. But the bulk of Obama's assets came from his books published before becoming President. Ya' think he might have been on Opra's best book selections? Hell, my aged mother ordered herself an audiobook of one of them. Royalties on book sales are as well-earned, legal and ethical as interest on Bain Capital stock. More so, considering the foreign tax shelters and the outsourcing of American jobs involved in Romney's fortune.
Your failure to understand this is the basis of your peculiar selfish politics. What axe? The Free market is not at risk. The best interests of the United States is the question. You place corporate profits ahead of the best interests of the nation. Why? Your grasp of international geopolitics is very poor. Are you unaware that we have been in over 20 shooting wars since 1941?
