tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4195166029705487550..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Richard Branson's "Plan B" for CapitalismRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52149720635513260142012-10-06T23:34:52.463-04:002012-10-06T23:34:52.463-04:00Plan B is just another name for fascism. Owners an...Plan B is just another name for fascism. Owners and operators of large businesses like fascism because it means government protection of their business, namely from competition. In the business world the biggest thing that creates value in a business is what is referred to as barrier to entry. Branson and his type know the higher the barrier, the less competition which then allows him to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20352328652597182512012-10-06T15:23:34.016-04:002012-10-06T15:23:34.016-04:00Carlyle's David Rubenstein pushed this meme at...Carlyle's David Rubenstein pushed this meme at Davos earlier this year. <br /><br />http://peureport.blogspot.com/2012/01/davos-global-tamperers-twist-words-for.html<br /><br />I'm sure it was big at the recent Clinton Global Initiative meeting.<br /><br />http://press.clintonglobalinitiative.org/press_releases/PEU Report/State of the Divisionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269683860174947542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57844904836197043952012-10-06T09:32:19.315-04:002012-10-06T09:32:19.315-04:00Haven't we heard this type of talk a million t...Haven't we heard this type of talk a million times before? It always boils down to more government control and more crony capitalism. Also, I don't get how withholding a company's quarterly performance from investors and the public can with a straight face be called "reform". This isn't "plan B" capitalism. This is a bunch of economic oligarchs doing PR and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153766510906010466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-42785622822963624122012-10-06T00:41:37.595-04:002012-10-06T00:41:37.595-04:00"Knighthood" means you carry out what Ou..."Knighthood" means you carry out what Our Owners want....<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38084234359160559902012-10-06T00:39:12.226-04:002012-10-06T00:39:12.226-04:00I can't believe Branson is that stupid. What d...I can't believe Branson is that stupid. What did the Central Bank Terrorists promise him? Capitalism is free-people in free-markets and not something built and controlled by murdering psychotic political terrorists. Branson has to know that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9109402886726126192012-10-05T22:08:40.035-04:002012-10-05T22:08:40.035-04:00EPJ: "First, this implies that what we have n...EPJ: "First, this implies that what we have now is capitalism. We do not."<br /><br />I've been thinking the same thing myself lately, er, more-so anyway. For instance, I pull up to the pharmacy drive-thru and there's a sign which says the "law" requires the pharmasits to explain the perscription. Then there's the tobbacco shop which has a sign on the door saying Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30622018312319922202012-10-05T19:43:33.418-04:002012-10-05T19:43:33.418-04:00"more orientated to the long term and sociall..."more orientated to the long term and socially more responsible"<br /><br />Whose time preference does "long term" apply to? Whose subjective notion is "socially more responsible" derived from? Let me guess, the rent-seeking cronies who want the present coercive-extractionist apparatus to distribute wealth and resources in their direction...Caustic Pophttps://twitter.com/CausticPopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-65831168641642005272012-10-05T18:32:19.659-04:002012-10-05T18:32:19.659-04:00"The idea is to form a small group of busines...<i>"The idea is to form a small group of business leaders who will campaign for reforms to make capitalism more oriented to the long term and socially more responsible..."</i><br /><br />"Campaign", huh? So that's what they're calling crony capitalism, political patronage, and influence peddling these days? What could possibly go wrong? Bob's right, the elite Jay Bronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042381782799522208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76663840322950282932012-10-05T17:46:52.482-04:002012-10-05T17:46:52.482-04:00Richard Branson has learned the 'game,' na...Richard Branson has learned the 'game,' namely crony capitalism, or have the public pay for your stadiums, spaceports, what have you, and certainly socialize any losses. <br /><br />Welcome to the world's first spaceport! Richard Branson opens $209m terminal where tourists will blast into orbit <br />By Associated Press<br />05:41 EST, 18 October 2011<br />It is the luxury terminal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com