tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3780615472945442829..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Tucker Carlson Attacks Rich Entrepreneurs Including Bezos, the Walton Family and KalanickRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9356425571530430142018-09-17T21:47:13.466-04:002018-09-17T21:47:13.466-04:00If the government did not monopolize and cartelize...If the government did not monopolize and cartelize the utilities markets, the utilities would be faced by customers having more alternative choices and would not be able to cut such sweetheart deals with Bezos, and spurn everyone else.Montecristohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17915071769569425339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-27238253253398130122018-09-17T21:44:06.868-04:002018-09-17T21:44:06.868-04:00They are not cronies (at least, not in the sense o...They are not cronies (at least, not in the sense of this particular issue) unless they endorse and promote welfare as a government policy. Welfare is a trap for the poor, a distortion in the labor market, and a windfall for employers.<br />Montecristohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17915071769569425339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24434161134465995582018-09-17T21:41:46.097-04:002018-09-17T21:41:46.097-04:00Tom, you are getting confused over whom it is who ...Tom, you are getting confused over whom it is who is being subsidized, here. People in the labor market are willing to work for a lower wage because they know they will still be eligible for welfare. It is true, that welfare offsets the employer's cost of labor but the problem is not the employer, it's the welfare. To the extent that Tucker's objections have any validity at all, it isMontecristohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17915071769569425339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53875512231649328532018-09-01T11:14:40.691-04:002018-09-01T11:14:40.691-04:00Exactly. If you care for the least well-off, you ...Exactly. If you care for the least well-off, you should either (a) cheer for those entrepreneurs who offer to give up some of their profits to employ these people, or (b) personally make an offer to these people and pay them what you are arguing others should pay them. <br /><br />(I leave aside the issue of entrepreneurs living off crony subsidies, because I don't think that is what The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45405426627064288692018-08-31T17:34:13.597-04:002018-08-31T17:34:13.597-04:00Well, how far do you want to take this?
Would th...Well, how far do you want to take this? <br /><br />Would the valuation be at these levels without financial repression ie Fed intervention?<br /><br />Have you read some these explaining how they lower their costs and obtain business? I'm no expert but it does not sound like free market capitalism.<br /><br />Amazon Isn’t Paying Its Electric Bills. You Might Be<br /><br />The company’s rate tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886995566115512797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55889303121469360662018-08-31T15:52:46.981-04:002018-08-31T15:52:46.981-04:00According to my quick calculation of Bezos' st...According to my quick calculation of Bezos' stock in Amazon, it's over $160 B, so I'm guessing the $150 B was from some earlier calculation. So, he's supposed to sell his stock and give the proceeds to his employees?Pandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-80451447255491919812018-08-31T15:50:02.228-04:002018-08-31T15:50:02.228-04:00Conservatives have principles, they just don't...Conservatives have principles, they just don't believe in them. Liberals have no principles but believe them with every fiber of their being.Donxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480364222848672992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7796015957008770762018-08-31T15:41:04.138-04:002018-08-31T15:41:04.138-04:00Not necessarily sticking up for Carlson, but the p...Not necessarily sticking up for Carlson, but the people he attacked are State cronies...not "free-market" about these individuals. Not sure what the issue is.hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12553505177567933107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60619437442192783622018-08-31T14:45:08.850-04:002018-08-31T14:45:08.850-04:00I believe Carlson is a Libertarian. So corporate s...I believe Carlson is a Libertarian. So corporate subsidies are fine? Either yes or no? I think he is saying no .tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886995566115512797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78628907957543618242018-08-31T12:35:34.756-04:002018-08-31T12:35:34.756-04:00Sadly, this is very true.Sadly, this is very true.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622350027166654627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67078841487979082462018-08-31T10:33:43.860-04:002018-08-31T10:33:43.860-04:00Tucker is your typical conservative. He hoists his...Tucker is your typical conservative. He hoists his flag to what ever the current agenda a Republican President is proposing. Just like he was an apologist for GW Bush.Andrew Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07449923538125529915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6247703410573196852018-08-31T10:23:20.851-04:002018-08-31T10:23:20.851-04:00I never got this criticism. Presumably, people on...I never got this criticism. Presumably, people on welfare are among society’s most vulnerable. And yet somehow it’s a problem to employ them? Would the world be better off if they weren’t working?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-54682171077136604962018-08-31T08:16:10.782-04:002018-08-31T08:16:10.782-04:00"Why is only Bernie Sanders talking about it?..."Why is only Bernie Sanders talking about it?"<br /><br />Because the rest of us are not insane like your friend Senator Sanders or you, Tucker, dear.<br /><br />Robert, sometime ago Tucker became a Trump-boy and started to spew out economically-illiterate nonsense during the time he was a host in the weekend edition of Fox & Friends. He's no friend of the Market.OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.com