Vampire Capitalism

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by Everyman, Jan 11, 2012.

  1. BluesBaron

    BluesBaron New Member

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    Here's a piece Joe Klein wrote which appeared in TIME today, which coincides with some of the OP's points, and the ramifications of 'vulture capitalism', in a somewhat less harsh way:

     
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    So please accept this post. Wonderful post and nice info,.!
     
  3. Everyman

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    Thank you for producing this perceptive article. But I'll wager (but not trillions) that Joe Klein will not hold his breath waiting for Romney to do anything like what Klein is recommending that he do. Romney is a dark raider and destroyer who likes to hurt people.
     
  4. Professor Peabody

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    Sounds more like what high taxes and government regulations are doing.
     
  5. perdidochas

    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    The U.S. Constitution allows it for the state. It does not authorize Congress to require it for the nation.
     
  6. MnBillyBoy

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    Please post something to back up your Opinion or be branded a LOSER.
    Romney is nothing of what you describe and so far above you you cant see his shadow.
    To attack and de mean a man of quality and RELIGIOUS TRAINING is beneath any so called Christian theology.
    He is a BISHOP in his order...Bishops of any religion to not destroy or like to hurt people.EVEN if it is a CULT.
    You might actually STUDY before posting.

    Companies that are used in Newts example did not do what he says they did...in Fact the one in SC went from a 30 million dollar company to bankruptcy to a 30 BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY with more employees than they had before.
    NEWT failed to tell you that in that docu-gabage didn't he ?
     
  7. AbsoluteVoluntarist

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    Profit is also a tool to serve the consumer, by providing businesses with an incentive to continuing serving the consumers. If a business is taking a loss--is the consumers are giving it less money than it's spending--that shows that it's not effectively serving the consumer and, in fact, is wasting resources.

    Not necessarily. Maybe the executives were very good at their jobs but the company was overextended. In a free market, a company that keeps poor executives on board isn't likely to last. It's workers will eventually be let go into the labor market anyway when the company goes bankrupt.
     
  8. philxx

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    yes Capitialism and its Government is a blood sucking Parasite on a healthy Society ,its government holds us down then Count Rupert Murdoch sucks our blood ,robbing us of life.

    Time to put the wooden stake called Revolution in its souless evil heart.

    Could those of Middle class attitude please note the Capitialist system DOES suck the lifes blood of society in the form of Profit.

    profit is to Capitialism as Blood is to Vampires ,the proletariet is the restrained victim the Only source of profit ,We do everything ,we make everything ,we maintan everything ,this activity labour Power and its exercise is ONLY done by 1 class and 1 class only ,not the capitialists who create nothing but War and Poverty through their continued existance ,not the middle class who administer the whole process and create nothing but a buffer for the Capitialist.

    No we are called the Working class operative word "working"class to produce commodities for Market,everything relies on what the workers think .

    And slaves do think .
     
  9. MnBillyBoy

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    If only the idea that Government is A BLOOD SUCKING DEAL could be advanced as easily as this Romney Bain Bs is being promoted.

    How many trillions in debt did Bain CAUSE YOU ?
    How many WARS did Bain cause for profit and land ?
    How many unemployed did Bain CAUSE COMPARED TO THE all loving government leadership ?

    Did Bain cause civil wars..and revolutions ?
    Did Bain lead religious crusades against those who dont worship like
    they do ??
    Did Bain ask for public financing to build any new sports stadiums ?
    Did Bain ask for ANY taxpayer bailouts to pay for their pension and health care plans ?

    It's like asking those who say there is NO GOD but watch and swear there is a Devil and Zombies and vampires to see the LIGHT OF DAY.

    PRIVATE companies just want for less ..so they can create more.If you wont help..at least get out of the way.
    Tell the truth or Makeup the truth...
    You can be the judge today.

    God will be later.
     
  10. Everyman

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    Romney said publicly that he liked to fire people. No hurt there, eh? Study that please.
     
  11. philxx

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    is he really total 'God Nutty" creationist crapola,is it true that US politiocs can get dumb and Dumber in a presidential contest ,you do know religion is anti-thinking.

    Bishops in the catholic church anally penertrate children and the pope covers it up thats called Sexual Rape of a minor.Bishops don't hurt anyone ,yeah right.

    They might study but its not compulsory.
     
  12. Libhater

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    I was amused by reading your ridiculous signatures. Workers unite to start a revolution? LOL! What might these workers be revolting against? The fact that many of them are too dumb or too lazy to better themselves to climb the ladder of prosperity, or perhaps it would be their way to join their liberal/socialist brethren to engage in a perpetual class envy/class struggle along the lines of their mentor Karl Marx. Oh wait, perhaps the Occupy Wall Street misfits were the genesis to this reveolution you so desire. But then again, those OWSers weren't exactly workers, now were they....more like mamma's boys still living in their parent's basements. Good luck with your communist revolution.
     
  13. silva marquis

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    Anything goes to make a dollar is NOT Capitalism. Under your strict definition drug dealers are Capitalists like Mitt Romney.The drug dealer or corporate raider are both wrong. Gov. Perry and Newt Gingrich have a right and obligation to attack these forms of Capitalism. The business venture was three separate parameters is it moral, ethical, or legal. The drug dealer is immoral and illegal. Mitt Romney is immoral and unethical. Decent people loath, despise, and hate both of these Capitalist. It is right to shine a light on the drug dealer and a Vulture like Mitt Romney because they both
    exploit. If Gov. Perry and Newt Gingrich did not attack Scumbags like drug dealers and Mitt Romney Gov. Perry and Newt Gingrich would not be true to their own Values which are by the way are AMERICAN values.


    Mitt Romney Is trying to count jobs of companies that managed to burn the leech (Bain Capital) off and survived. Much like jobs saved ..... only god could knows the answer along with knowing the number of grains of sand in all the world. Then there is Mitt Romney's commercial trying to take credit for Staples. Staples as a start up and now Mitt Romney is claiming credit for all it's jobs. Then there is the Steel mill that local and state governments bailed out along with a sales tax increase form everybody in the area. In short Mitt Romney is a proven Liar but for some strange reason his lies are called Flip-Flops meaning he is truthful regardless how many time he tells contradicting stories about the same issue or thing. To the point Mitt Romney's claims of job creation are simply not true because he never created any net jobs here. Mitt Romney out sourced jobs to China and Mexico. Mitt Romney has cost US jobs.

    Mitt Romney Is trying to count jobs of companies that managed to burn the leech (Bain Capital) off and survived. Then there is Mitt Romney's commercial trying to take credit for Staples. Staples as a start up and now Mitt Romney is claiming credit for all it's jobs. Then there is the Steel mill that local and state governments bailed out along with a sales tax increase form everybody in the area. In short Mitt Romney is a proven Liar but for some strange reason his lies are called Flip-Flops meaning he is truthful regardless how many time he tells contradicting stories about the same issue or thing. To the point Mitt Romney's claims of job creation are simply not true because he never created any jobs here. Mitt Romney out sourced jobs to China and Mexico. Mitt Romney has cost US jobs.

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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-aeD1HXjaY"]Mitt Romney Blood Sucker, my apologies to the Vampires out there.... - YouTube[/ame]
     
  14. Subdermal

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    I know that truth is to be avoided in your posts, so you'll forgive me if I correct the record:

    Romney said that he likes to fire people who provide bad service, and he said it in the context of supporting the idea that the people of this country should be empowered to hold their politicians/government employees accountable.

    Disingenuous post is disingenuous.
     
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    LOLOL - I agree.

    These workers...who cannot even make of themselves something valuable enough to others to allow them to avoid joining a cabal of Union thugs to force benefits to themselves, rather than earning them through value...

    ...and we're supposed to believe that they're going to - somehow - organize into some effective and cohesive military force to overthrow those who have succeeded beyond their station by working harder and smarter than them?

    I laugh at the notion.

    :giggle:
     
  16. MnBillyBoy

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    But as we are led to think..being religious of HEART ..if not mind.. can lead one to make correct governmental decisions.
    A CORE conviction is a RELIGIOUS TEST..on going every day.
    You cannot live life lying about others..cheating on you wives..writing bad checks to the IRS and then say you have a moral superiority over anyone.Getting thrown out of The # 3 spot in government over ethics..lying about your business dealings to the public using lawyer speak..is not just a trend..

    BUT A CORE CONVICTION...
    I dont care what color..what race or what God he worships...or what party he wants to represent..

    Saying that capitalism is bad doesn't represent the core Republican conviction.

    If the words/ACTIONS fit we must convict.
     
  17. MnBillyBoy

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    He had only 34 posts..so I didn't want to trample someone on lack of understanding so soon.
    I let him have a beginners pass.:)
     
  18. silva marquis

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    Anything goes to make a dollar is NOT Capitalism. Under your strict definition drug dealers are Capitalists like Mitt Romney.The drug dealer or corporate raider are both wrong. Newt Gingrich have a right and obligation to attack these forms of Capitalism. The business venture was three separate parameters is it moral, ethical, or legal. The drug dealer is immoral and illegal. Mitt Romney is immoral and unethical. Mitt Romney is not and NEVER was in business to create jobs and never will be. Mitt Romney wants to make money and any human cost incurred is inconsequential. To the point Mitt Romney's claims of job creation are simply not true because he never created any net jobs here. Mitt Romney out sourced jobs to China and Mexico. Mitt Romney has cost US jobs. Mitt Romney is a proven Liar that is the definition of what a flip-flopper is.

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  19. Subdermal

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    You are incorrect. Romney's record at Bain Capital has been badly misrepresented by his enemies.


    Former Obama Official Defends Romney’s Bain Capital Record

    Another Democrat vociferously defends Romney, and Bain Capital

    There are several more articles available which go into even greater detail about the misrepresentation of Romney's participation at Bain Capital, and how what Bain has accomplished is actually quite impressive, with regard to saving companies and providing more jobs.

    I, BTW, am not a Romney voter.
     
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    Romney's record at Bain Capital is self explanatory. He looked for injured prey, sliced them up and resold them for profit.

    PinkSlip Romney in 2012! Encourage mass unemployment for corporate profit!
     
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    Anything goes to make a dollar is NOT Capitalism. Under your strict definition drug dealers are Capitalists like Mitt Romney.The drug dealer or corporate raider are both wrong. Newt Gingrich have a right and obligation to attack these forms of Capitalism. The business venture was three separate parameters is it moral, ethical, or legal. The drug dealer is immoral and illegal. Mitt Romney is immoral and unethical. Mitt Romney is not and NEVER was in business to create jobs and never will be. Mitt Romney wants to make money and any human cost incurred is inconsequential. To the point Mitt Romney's claims of job creation are simply not true because he never created any net jobs here. Mitt Romney out sourced jobs to China and Mexico. Mitt Romney has cost US jobs. Mitt Romney is a proven Liar that is the definition of what a flip-flopper is.

    http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/35ob97/


    http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/35md07/


    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-aeD1HXjaY"]Mitt Romney Blood Sucker, my apologies to the Vampires out there.... - YouTube[/ame]
     

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