[ExI] An old skeleton tumbles out of the list closet

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Charlie Stross
<charlie.stross at gmail.com>wrote:

Capitalism-as-practiced-in-the-United-States is *BROKEN*. Very badly broken
> indeed. Some areas still reward hard work and entrepreneurship, but for the
> most part it's all about wealth acquisition and consolidation via rent
> seeking, not wealth *production*.


### I have a great idea: Let's all petition Mr Obama to appoint a new czar,
who would simply fix capitalism!

There would a new Department of Preventing Rent-Seeking (DPRS), all
businesses would have to send in quarterly reports, in triplicate on
environmentally-correct paper, describing whatever stupid thing they want
to do next quarter, and if the Civil Service employees at the DPRS
concluded, after a careful analysis, that it is not rent-seeking, then the
capitalists could do that thing, and get ready for writing their quarterly
IRS return.

Of course, the libtards would howl that it's not capitalism, it's the
government that's broken but, why would a reasonable person pay attention
to them? After all, we the voters (plus a few percent non-existent and dead
ones, too) re-elected the top government guy, thus proving that he and his
bunch of friends in high places must be doing something right.

I am sure it will work out fine.

Rafal

PS - Just to clear up any confusion, I did not vote. I am conscientious
objector, so don't nobody blame me for nothing, please.
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