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Nine Words Sum Up America’s Corporate Welfare Queens (Original Post) kpete Jun 2012 OP
Off to the greatest! Scuba Jun 2012 #1
+1 freshwest Jun 2012 #5
Another scene from "Through the Looking Glass" America (Amercia?). K&R n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #2
We have to do this, otherwise... tex-wyo-dem Jun 2012 #3
The Republicans (and too many Dems) favor "lemon socialism" Jim Lane Jun 2012 #4
And no one has claimed that the phrase "corporate welfare queen" offends them personally! McCamy Taylor Jun 2012 #6
y'know- it's IS possible not to be offended. stlsaxman Jun 2012 #9
And then the public sector gets blamed and dismantled nineteen50 Jun 2012 #7
ninteen50 kpete Jun 2012 #8
Socialism for the Rich... GETPLANING Jun 2012 #10
i call them crapital welfare kings. pansypoo53219 Jun 2012 #11
i wonder.. CEO Watson Jun 2012 #12
it's worse than that. the big financial institutions made loans they knew would default & then HiPointDem Jun 2012 #13

tex-wyo-dem

(3,190 posts)
3. We have to do this, otherwise...
Wed Jun 13, 2012, 11:11 AM
Jun 2012

Without all those enormous profits, how would the job creators create all those great jobs?

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
4. The Republicans (and too many Dems) favor "lemon socialism"
Wed Jun 13, 2012, 12:04 PM
Jun 2012

A company that's doing well generates profits for its private owners and officers. If the company starts doing badly, the government is supposed to step in (even though part of the justification for the private profits is that these investors were taking risks).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_socialism

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
6. And no one has claimed that the phrase "corporate welfare queen" offends them personally!
Wed Jun 13, 2012, 01:07 PM
Jun 2012

I guess the opposition realized that this one does not fly, since it implies that some Democrat thinks of him or herself as a "welfare queen."

stlsaxman

(9,236 posts)
9. y'know- it's IS possible not to be offended.
Wed Jun 13, 2012, 08:37 PM
Jun 2012

in fact, it's a whole lot easier.

why give people all that power over you with something as silly as words?

CEO Watson

(10 posts)
12. i wonder..
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 02:51 AM
Jun 2012

a corporation that sucks resources out of the "host", then when it starts to die from lack of resources, it threatens the health of the "host" then the host has to keep the corporation alive because the corporation has integrated itself in to the hosts fundamental survival mechanisms and its death will result in the death of the host.

I'm trying to think if a single word that could be used to describe that type of behavior..

 

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
13. it's worse than that. the big financial institutions made loans they knew would default & then
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 03:11 AM
Jun 2012

bet against them to profit. they deliberately took down the financial system to fill their own pockets.

they should be in chain gangs on 'lock-up'. that's the only time i'd watch that show.

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