Re: "Other Economies Are Possible!"

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:21:58 -0800, Dan Clore <clore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>Bob Kolker wrote:
>> * US * wrote:
>>> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:10:32 -0500, Nospam <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> Bob Kolker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In your model how do you keep lazy parasitic bastards from sponging
off
>>>>> their fellows?
>>>> Put a limit on the CEO compensations :-)
>>>
>>> Superb.
>> 
>> Not really. If one does not do business with the companies that hire 
>> these people then their compensation should not affect you at all. If 
>> enough people do not do business with these companies then the CEO-s 
>> won't be working there long.
>
>Not really good enough. Cor****ations use this thing called the State to 
>ensure that one has no choice but to sup****t, regardless of whether one 
>does business with them or not. This is obvious enough in cases like 
>Halliburton, but also true of cor****ations in general. See _The 
>Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay 
>Rich and Get Richer_ [online free at 
>http://www.conservativenannystate.org/
]. Wal-Mart alone has garnered at 
>least $1 billion in cor****ate welfare 
>[http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/cor****ate_subsidy/walmart.cfm
]. One 
>should also note that in a market economy, unequal concentration of 
>wealth itself distorts market forces in favor of the wealthy. Kevin 
>Carson refers to the confusion between a truly free market and really 
>existing, state-guided markets, with government interference in favor of 
>cor****ations, as Vulgar Libertarianism. He has a blog that often covers 
>this and related subjects [http://mutualist.blogspot.com/
].

Thanks for posting this.