Oh dear. That's going to COMPLETELY screw up the meme.

[Adam]

What billionaire Koch brother has to say about corporate subsidies may surprise you

“I think one of the biggest problems we have in the country is this rampant cronyism where all these large companies are into smash-and-grab, short-term profits, and that’s true even at the local level,” Koch explained.

Companies have created an environment in which entering an industry comes at a serious cost that off-sets innovation and economic development. Cab drivers can pay anywhere from $100,000 or $300,000 to get a medallion to drive a taxi, while hairdressers must pay for a two-year education for a license to style hair.

Koch freely admits the subsidies in place are ideal for large companies like his because they make more money through a marketplace that is difficult to enter.

“But for the country as a whole, it’s horrible. And, for disadvantaged people trying to get started, it’s unconscionable in my view. I think it’s in our long-term interest, in every American’s long-term interest, to fight against this cronyism. When a company is not being guided by the products they make and what the customers need, but by how they can manipulate the system — get regulations on their competitors, or mandates on using their products, or eliminating foreign competition — it just lowers the overall standard of living and hurts the disadvantaged the most. We end up with a two-tier system. Those that have, have welfare for the rich.”

Ruh roh. NOW what is the Left going to do with their favorite debbil? He's out there saying things that they support! *gasp*


"There's no boogeyman! What do we do? What ever shall we do?!?!"

[Billy Jingo]

“Somebody has got to work to save the country and preserve a system of opportunity… "

*sniff*

I almost heard the Star Spangled Banner playing in the background.

*sniff*

Sorry. Got something in my eye ...

[Norm dePlume]

Standard faux-populist deregulation talk. I always wondered who falls for that.

Okay, not really. I had a pretty good idea who.

[Billy Jingo]

Standard faux-populist deregulation talk. I always wondered who falls for that.

Okay, not really. I had a pretty good idea who.

One of them said that the reason we supported a number of governors in the upper Midwest was because we had a secret plan to control all the water in the Great Lakes. I’m still trying to figure out what to do with it all, other than go drown in it.

The man obviously lacks imagination. Shucks, he's a regular guy. Just like you.

[Novaheart]

Ruh roh. NOW what is the Left going to do with their favorite debbil? He's out there saying things that they support! *gasp*


"There's no boogeyman! What do we do? What ever shall we do?!?!"

You don't have to pay anywhere near that to own a cab in Florida… but of course being a one man operation in Florida has much less potential for earning than in a place where pedestrians hail cabs on the street rather than calling a cab company. I think that one of the most promising small business opportunities was the Smartphone app which allowed one man operations to get fares… but as we know the big cab companies declared that unfair, unsafe, and unprofitable to themselves.

It is absurd what people are spending to get licensed in cosmetology. While it's important for hair dressers to know what chemicals they are using and the potential for harm in using or mixing those chemicals, a certification in cosmetology is no guarantee of quality or ability as we all ••• fantastic sams •••• know. I'm not saying that there shouldn't be schools of cosmetology, but the state's interest in that should be limited to a written test on chemical and safety protocols as well as hygienic practices.

[Novaheart]

One of them said that the reason we supported a number of governors in the upper Midwest was because we had a secret plan to control all the water in the Great Lakes. I’m still trying to figure out what to do with it all, other than go drown in it.

The man obviously lacks imagination. Shucks, he's a regular guy. Just like you.

I've been thinking for sometime that we should pipe some of it to California but that would only allow more non sustainable development. It would be much easier to deport the illegal aliens who consume 300 million gallons of water a day and generate 15 million pounds of garbage a day.