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

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Tue Nov 13 22:59:32 UTC 2012


On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
> ### 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.
>
>

Since I got my new mirror neurons injected I find that strangely I
love the government. Especially that nice Mr Cameron who says that we
are all in it together. Very comforting.


BillK



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