tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4018508004710636712..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Beltarians versus WaPoists on Koch-CatoRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9726256717398729222012-03-04T18:33:37.581-05:002012-03-04T18:33:37.581-05:00I'll support the position made above. If I'...I'll support the position made above. If I've made a donation above, under the belief that Cato is a regular not-for-profit organization like any other, one that will continue to advocate for its stated libertarian cause, and I then find out that it is merely an owned toy of a billionaire conservative -- I'll consider myself to have been defrauded of my donation. Someone should be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7782269073470418302012-03-04T16:42:59.339-05:002012-03-04T16:42:59.339-05:00If you look at Rothbard's essay in the May 198...If you look at Rothbard's essay in the May 1981 issue of Libertarian Forum, which lay out the seizure of his Cato shares, I think the questions about the "unaccounted" shares are answered.<br /><br />http://mises.org/journals/lf/1981/1981_01-04.pdf<br /><br />Rothbard notes that MacBride was already no longer a shareholder as of 1981. At the time Rothbard was sacked, the remaining R.J. Lehmannhttp://outofthestormnews.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73322046955884005602012-03-04T14:39:24.265-05:002012-03-04T14:39:24.265-05:00If I were the judge, I'd be asking the followi...If I were the judge, I'd be asking the following questions: What constitutes ownership of a donor supported "privately-owned" non-profit? Where donors to Cato advised that they were contributing to a non-public, "privately-owned" non-profit, which could be taken over at some future date by a couple of oil barons? Does any failure to disclose leave Cato or the Kochs open toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57410354550304010922012-03-04T11:39:34.605-05:002012-03-04T11:39:34.605-05:00Also this is only speculative, but could the issua...Also this is only speculative, but could the issuance of 4 new shares apiece to Koch, Pearson, and Crane in 1985 (plus the 16 to Niskanen) have been a tacit admission that the Rothbard and MacBride shares still existed? <br /><br />The only logical purpose of going from 12 to 16 seems to be to dilute the voting strength of the other outstanding shares (Rothbard and MacBride) relative to those whoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66850679592746363952012-03-04T11:24:17.871-05:002012-03-04T11:24:17.871-05:00Bob - Follow the lineage of the original Cato shar...Bob - Follow the lineage of the original Cato shares. They create MANY unresolved questions.<br /><br />1977 Original Shareholders Agreement:<br /><br />Charles Koch - 12 shares<br />George Pearson - 12 shares<br />Roger MacBride - 12 shares<br />Murray Rothbard - 12 shares<br />Ed Crane - 12 shares<br /><br />TOTAL SHARES ACCOUNTED FOR: 60<br /><br />1985 Shareholders Agreement:<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11225720523357457912012-03-03T17:28:43.000-05:002012-03-03T17:28:43.000-05:00It's funny that the only states a real conserv...It's funny that the only states a real conservative can win are blue-leaning states. Shows how uninformed Americans are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41182575384620250962012-03-03T16:49:14.233-05:002012-03-03T16:49:14.233-05:00Bob, your post on the WaPo and Reason divergence w...Bob, your post on the WaPo and Reason divergence was great, and the significance of Murray will be a big fight. More and more Cato-enemies will see the fight with the estate of Rothbard as a juicy angle, and "if it bleeds it ledes" (more appropriate, if it clicks it sticks) and lead more people to read about the grand Dr Rothbard. <br /><br />R Dale Fitzgerald Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com