They're allowed to do that, Buck.

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They're allowed to do that, Buck.

ER — 11/20/2012 4:40:48 AM (archived)

They're capitalists. Movers and shakers, job creators, entrepreneurs. They know better. You obviously know nothing about economics and free markets, you fucking commie.

Maybe we should call it Vampire Capitalism.

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Hostess collapse a union "win." - TB - 11/17/2012 7:10:36 PM
- Isn't that the sort of thing Romney's company did? - bowser - 11/23/2012 4:11:07 AM
- For God's sake, get a grip!. Compare this to Enron, WorldCom, Madoff, etc. - bowser - 11/21/2012 8:41:19 PM
- In case anyone's left who cares about the actual details... - TB - 11/20/2012 7:53:32 PM
  - More - RobVG - 11/20/2012 9:21:20 PM
    - Did you notice... - TB - 11/21/2012 3:42:49 PM
- Anyone notice this is a microcosm for the Federal government. n/t - RobVG - 11/20/2012 4:53:45 AM
  - Oh, yeah. - TB - 11/20/2012 5:57:31 PM
- Starting to look like it was just a bargaining tactic. - alcaray - 11/20/2012 2:46:03 AM
  - I didn't know they screamed any other way. - Robert - 11/20/2012 3:40:17 AM
    - "Shrieks?" - TB - 11/20/2012 4:11:20 AM
      - Oh lordy. What I was talking about... - alcaray - 11/20/2012 7:04:04 PM
        
        Re: Oh lordy. What I was talking about... - TB - 11/20/2012 7:19:30 PM
      - Classic - Robert - 11/20/2012 5:02:56 AM
        
        Review means review. - TB - 11/20/2012 5:29:14 PM
        
        "Ready made negative frame". Just like the way you guys portray corps and management. - RobVG - 11/20/2012 7:25:42 AM
        
        Experience - Robert - 11/20/2012 6:29:41 PM
        
        Well... - SDAI-Tech - 11/21/2012 6:25:43 AM
        
        Fair enough. - RobVG - 11/20/2012 8:31:35 PM
        
        That's why I often use the term "wannabees". - ER - 11/20/2012 7:48:51 PM
        
        By your interesting logic... - TB - 11/20/2012 8:00:49 PM
        
        At least once a week, and often more frequently than that, - ER - 11/20/2012 12:44:54 PM
        
        It was a current event and continues to be headline news. - RobVG - 11/20/2012 4:44:32 PM
        
        Please see my conditional apology, above. - alcaray - 11/20/2012 7:10:44 PM
        
        (with the malformed html that it won't let me fix) - alcaray - 11/20/2012 7:11:32 PM
        
        Copy it, fix it, "move to trash" and post it again. n/t - RobVG - 11/20/2012 8:37:33 PM
        
        It seems to have fixed itself. - alcaray - 11/20/2012 8:44:25 PM
        
        Shown they're wrong? - ER - 11/20/2012 5:22:16 PM
- Vulture Capitalism Ate Your Twinkies - BuckGalaxy - 11/20/2012 2:33:15 AM
  - They're allowed to do that, Buck. - ER - 11/20/2012 4:40:48 AM
- We finally killed that stooopid goose that leaves those gold eggs everywhere n/t - Ainz - 11/17/2012 11:54:40 PM
- The rest of the story - BuckGalaxy - 11/17/2012 11:28:30 PM
  - So these managers and ceos are not owners or entrepreneurs? - ER - 11/18/2012 12:52:18 AM
    - They belong to a better union. - alcaray - 11/18/2012 1:06:48 AM
      - Now we know where the phrase "makers and takers" really comes from. - ER - 11/18/2012 1:16:35 AM
        
        It certainly appears to look like a Bain style "harvest" - BuckGalaxy - 11/18/2012 1:42:00 AM
- Teamsters thought their jobs were more important - RobVG - 11/17/2012 10:27:48 PM
  - Everybody thinks their job is more important. - ER - 11/18/2012 3:35:41 AM
- How do you feel about the destruction of a union? - alcaray - 11/17/2012 8:32:15 PM
- Let me ask you, TB. - bowser - 11/17/2012 7:34:41 PM
  - The products are "created" by machinery, not artisans. n/t - RobVG - 11/17/2012 10:42:12 PM
    - The machinery is operated and maintained by artisans. - ER - 11/18/2012 1:10:10 AM
    - And that is relevant how? - bowser - 11/18/2012 12:03:31 AM
      - "Some people hate the working person"....and some people glorify them. - RobVG - 11/18/2012 12:27:44 AM
        
        You know better than that. - bowser - 11/18/2012 2:25:46 AM
        
        I can appreciate that. n/t - RobVG - 11/18/2012 4:35:25 PM
        
        I know its presumptious of me, - ER - 11/18/2012 2:59:47 PM
        
        Who's the "we" that "draws the lines?" - TB - 11/18/2012 7:16:51 PM

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