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Offline AKIron

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« Reply #135 on: Today at 09:37:48 AM »
And in practice to suceed you need to do quite an opposite, which is why we have regulators and government agencies making sure your food is at least safe to eat...

With obesity being the new norm here in the US I'm thinking we/they failed miserably somewhere along the way.
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« Reply #136 on: Today at 01:08:15 PM »
And in practice to suceed you need to do quite an opposite, which is why we have regulators and government agencies making sure your food is at least safe to eat...


Actually, the most successful people I know, and they're very successful, are quite honest.

And government regulation, like government controlled education, has proven to be an expensive and massive failure for the most part, especially concerning food.
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« Reply #137 on: Today at 02:06:20 PM »

Actually, the most successful people I know, and they're very successful, are quite honest.

And government regulation, like government controlled education, has proven to be an expensive and massive failure for the most part, especially concerning food.

I deal daily with c level types in multinatonal corporations. I wouldn't describe them same way. In one to one setting they can appear human, gather them into a group that washes away responsibility, and all resemblance of concience disappears quickly.

As for second example, you're absolutelly right. This is because US government is a best government that corporate money can buy. It stopped working for people long time ago, it works for companies and lobbists. First ammendment, company = human stuff.... that ship has sailed long time ago. And billionaire owners of those companies ain't about to fix it.

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« Reply #138 on: Today at 04:41:56 PM »
I deal daily with c level types in multinatonal corporations. I wouldn't describe them same way. In one to one setting they can appear human, gather them into a group that washes away responsibility, and all resemblance of concience disappears quickly.

As for second example, you're absolutelly right. This is because US government is a best government that corporate money can buy. It stopped working for people long time ago, it works for companies and lobbists. First ammendment, company = human stuff.... that ship has sailed long time ago. And billionaire owners of those companies ain't about to fix it.

When considering Corporate integrity, I will start with the Ford Pinto and the DC-10. OF course, no criminal charges were filed. Care to add to the list?
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« Reply #139 on: Today at 05:02:45 PM »
I deal daily with c level types in multinational corporations. I wouldn't describe them same way. In one to one setting they can appear human, gather them into a group that washes away responsibility, and all resemblance of conscience disappears quickly.

As for second example, you're absolutely right. This is because US government is a best government that corporate money can buy. It stopped working for people long time ago, it works for companies and lobbyists. First amendment, company = human stuff.... that ship has sailed long time ago. And billionaire owners of those companies ain't about to fix it.

Oh, I work in a multinational corporation. I have little, if any, use for most at mid level management and up. They're not people I consider truly successful, they're just turds that float up high in the bowl.

Successful to me is the guy (or gal) who builds a business, or at least is part of one, that is truly successful, on their own.

The government is a perfect example of both Bastiat, who warned what would happen when people discovered they could vote themselves largesse from the public coffers, as well as the politicians that learned to buy their votes, and the theory of democracy, that the people know what they want, and deserve to get it, good and hard.
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« Reply #140 on: Today at 05:13:45 PM »
When considering Corporate integrity, I will start with the Ford Pinto and the DC-10. OF course, no criminal charges were filed. Care to add to the list?
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« Reply #141 on: Today at 07:24:24 PM »
Boeing in general (well, McDonnell Douglas management).

Yeah, ain't it a damned shame how far they've fallen? Sickening. But all too common these days.
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Re: A 50 year mortgage..
« Reply #142 on: Today at 08:33:15 PM »
Capitalism should be regulated of course. Business gangs are very dangerous after all. Just like any gang. There should be working standard regulations. Problem comes when labor and manufacturing is allowed to be allocated to countries with poorer standards, cheaper regulations, and cheaper currency, making your local workforce disadvantaged and thus out of work.

As I've always noted, a government is always way stronger than any individual business. A government can crush any rich person in a snap and destroy their business. IMO allowing as many people as you can to get wealthy and prosperous through capitalism is the most successful way to benefit the population and government alike. Governments that stranglehold business, over tax them and their populations, and then demand strict social handouts for an increasingly unable population including migrants who dont work. They are going to eventually fail and depend on the capitalist nations to bail them out. There seems to be this major misconception that taxing rich people more is going to make everything better for you as an individual, but in reality you arent going to see any of that as it goes into the largest gang in the state, the government...creating a massive government from over taxation that controls everything, everyone, and all business economy so no one can get rich is far worse than 100 organizations of super wealthy folks who have a representative government that isnt trying to dictate the economy, but regulating it for fairness of the 100 businesses to operate fairly and ethically.
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