<p>That's kind of a simplistic view. The notion of go it alone rugged billionaires is not really so - business creation is funded by many parties, sometimes government as well. Eg venture capital, bond market etc.</p>
<p>I'd really hesitate to say the Koch brothers are my friend... </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 17, 2011 9:33 AM, "spike" <<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike66@att.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> From: <a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a><br>
> [mailto:<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>] On Behalf Of Stefano Vaj<br>> .<br>> <br>> <br>>>.Contrary to common wisdom, I suspect that people do not really care about<br>
> money. .What they invariably crave is power, status, and growth in those<br>> areas, and "work" is simply the name in each given age of the activities<br>> they perform to this end rather than for the pleasure of it. .-- Stefano Vaj<br>
> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Ja. Another way to look at it is this: many of us work for corporations, or<br>> did. When business is allowed to be free, then our work and our efforts to<br>> create wealth are guided by those who are good at taking wealth and turning<br>
> it into more wealth. In deals like Solyndra on the other hand, a government<br>> investment, our efforts are being guided by those who are good at getting<br>> votes.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> When a billionaire invests in something that crashes, oh well, sigh, one<br>
> less billionaire, she lost her money. But when the government invests in a<br>> bust, they lost my money, and they lost your money.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Rich people are our friends. Even if we are not one of them. Especially if<br>
> we are not one of them.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> spike<br>> <br></div>