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[Darren Greer]

Spike wrote:


>I would counter-propose that my vote for president would require executive
experience and demonstrated success, as a corporate CEO or state governor.<


Are you familiar with the enfant terrible of Harvard history and
socio-economics, the brit Niall Ferguson?  I heard a lecture by him once,
where he said all the first rate talent flows into industry and all the
second rate talent scurries into politics, mostly because of earning
potential. You'd probably like what he has to say. I don't. But then I'm so
socialist I have to go right to get left.


Darren

2011/2/12 spike <spike66 at att.net>

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> >>In any case it would be far preferable to government takeover of
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> >Is there a difference? When governments and corporations merge, does it
> matter who made the first move? …
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> Oh my, yes, a huge critically important difference.  In my view, often
> called minarcho-capitalist, he purpose of government is to support people in
> the creation of wealth.  I recognize it has some minimal duties in
> redistributing wealth already created (to some extent) but I read the US
> constitution and see little in there in regard.  Wealth creation is the key
> to making a nation and its people prosperous.
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> My notion is to have the executive branch of government filled with people
> who have served as executives in industry.  There is inherent mischief in
> bringing over legislators.  This last go-around in 2008, the two major
> parties gave us the choice of former legislators, neither of whom had
> executive experience.  Agree it depends on how it is viewed.  The press had
> us believe Sarah Palin was the actual candidate, and she had **some**
> executive experience as a business owner and Alaska governor, but I was
> shocked to learn she was actually running for VP on that ticket.  No one
> ever heard of the guy who was running for president on that ticket, but I
> understand he was a legislator with little or no executive experience.
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> I would counter-propose that my vote for president would require executive
> experience and demonstrated success, as a corporate CEO or state governor.
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> >Don't mean to sound testy, or confrontational, Spike. I have a bit of a
> bee in my bonnet about what seems to be a widespread misunderstanding of
> exactly what fascism is and how easily it could happen again. The U.S.
> congress has a fasces engraved on a wall somewhere inside, by the way. Don't
> know its history, or what genius decided it was a good idea, but it has
> always made me wonder.
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> No problem Darren, by all means your commentary is welcome and not at all
> confrontational.  There is no point in trying to pin down the definition of
> terms such as fascist and nazi.  These have for so long been used as
> universal insults and blanket condemnations that they eventually lose all
> meaning from overuse.  There is no point in trying to refocus the definition
> on mid 19th century political systems; the terms have been worn out and
> up-used.
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> >…Don't know its history, or what genius decided it was a good idea, but it
> has always made me wonder. darren
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> Watch as California goes into historic conniptions to try to balance its
> hopeless budget.  The lessons we need here is that industry is our friend,
> that wealth creation is our salvation, that business needs to be encouraged
> and nurtured, that political power should follow wealth as opposed to the
> other way around.  Money is good.  Desire for money is a predictable and
> trustworthy human motivator.  Lack of money is the root of all evil.
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