Probably one of the most infuriating rhetorical tactics you see these days from the plutocrats and the media who love them is their emphatic insistence that the “free market,” as it is currently constituted, may have its flaws, but in the end it “rewards success.” It does, I suppose, to the extent that it rewards [...]
Tags:
bailout,
banana republic,
Brooks Brothers Riot,
Class Warfare,
Corruption,
Dick Cheney,
Dying Newspapers,
Fraud,
Georgia Pacific,
Harry Merlo,
JM Eagle,
Johns Manville,
Louisiana Pacific,
Shoddy Products,
Solutions,
TV news 27 Comments |
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on December 10, 2009, 7:23 pm, by cocktailhag, under
Baloney.
UPDATED BELOW: A few years ago, I noticed that actually selling something that could be quantified, like a shoe or a car wash, had become hopelessly anachronistic in the “new” economy; we were told to pay good money for something far less tangible, “solutions.” To what, pray tell? Everything, as it turned out. Any [...]
