Ya think?

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Ya think?

Tom Brosz — 7/29/2006 6:57:03 AM (archived)

When one of those megacorps happens to be your employer, or your landlord (or mortgage-holder), might their coercion be just as evil as government coercion? Ya think?

How big a loser do you have to be to think this way? What kind of a miserable person feels like he has absolutely no choice about which company to work for, or which outfit to get a mortgage from?

I've worked for myself, for small businesses, and for large corporations. Coercion wasn't anywhere to be seen. I've probably dealt with a dozen different mortgage companies in this house, and switch when I feel like it. There are damn few "company men" left any more.

You think if the government owned or totally controlled the oil companies, the banks, and all the corporations that suddenly you'd have more choices?

When are you people going to look around and see that it isn't 1929 any more?

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Competing economic models - Daniel - 7/28/2006 2:17:30 PM
- re: Competing economic models - ER - 7/29/2006 12:20:41 AM
  - A brief digression - ER - 7/29/2006 3:23:42 PM
    - re: A brief digression - Mark S. Nihil - 7/30/2006 5:24:01 AM
      - re: A brief digression - Daniel - 7/30/2006 5:46:44 AM
        
        Yesterday's leftist was a fool! - Mark S. Nihil - 7/30/2006 6:21:03 AM
        
        just one question - Daniel - 7/30/2006 6:57:09 AM
        
        There'll be no need. - Mark S. Nihil - 7/30/2006 7:08:45 AM
        
        I fully agree - President Charles Logan - 7/30/2006 7:24:04 AM
    - Viaje a las Estrellas: La Ira de Khan - ER - 7/29/2006 6:57:43 PM
      - "Running a business is a skill, not a virtue." - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 8:38:17 PM
        
        re: "Running a business is a skill, not a virtue." - ER - 7/29/2006 8:51:12 PM
        
        Yes, I do. Excellent example. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 10:49:17 PM
        
        re: Yes, I do. Excellent example. - ER - 7/30/2006 12:01:33 AM
        
        re: Excellent example. - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2006 2:42:07 AM
        
        Senor Eastwood, meet Carter J. Burke - ER - 7/30/2006 3:39:23 AM
        
        I thought of two examples of a heroic businessman in films. How many can you come up with? - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2006 6:07:32 AM
        
        You're right, I can't come up with too many... - ER - 7/30/2006 1:22:40 PM
        
        re: You're right, I can't come up with too many... - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2006 8:46:51 PM
        
        white-collar heroism is difficult to portray because it is inherently boring (n/t) - alcaray - 7/31/2006 3:31:23 PM
        
        You have a point... - ER - 7/31/2006 3:47:54 PM
        
        A clarification... - Tom Brosz - 7/31/2006 7:04:58 PM
        
        Understood - ER - 7/31/2006 7:44:47 PM
        
        "No sillier", perhaps; but I would hope more convincing. (n/t) - ER - 7/30/2006 8:59:04 PM
        
        "right winger writing bad left wing agitprop" is correct - Tony - 7/30/2006 3:43:36 PM
        
        He gives himself away... - ER - 7/30/2006 7:06:39 PM
        
        I suspect no-one. - tony - 7/30/2006 7:58:26 PM
        
        I prefer not to speculate... (n/t) - ER - 7/30/2006 8:45:43 PM
        
        I resent that! - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/30/2006 8:43:52 PM
        
        All businessman are depicted as heros. - Mark S. Nihil - 7/30/2006 6:59:27 AM
        
        BTW, Kirk in Spanish was a hoot... - ER - 7/30/2006 12:09:19 AM
    - only God is free of constraints (if you believe) - Daniel - 7/29/2006 5:55:29 PM
    - Okay, I read that one through twice. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 5:14:50 PM
  - I was trying to remember that one - Robert - 7/29/2006 1:07:23 AM
    - Ya think? - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 6:57:03 AM
    - Coercion has an exact meaning. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 6:49:05 AM
      - the only principle being pushed here is A MINIMUM LIVING WAGE - Daniel - 7/29/2006 11:07:28 AM
        
        "Living wage" - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 5:11:20 PM
        
        ok, you tell me then - Daniel - 7/29/2006 5:49:21 PM
        
        Obviously, minimum wage is a "livable" wage. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 10:46:50 PM
        
        "Quite well on $5.15/hour" - dtb - 7/30/2006 2:49:58 PM
        
        I did say "as a student." - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2006 9:14:24 PM
        
        Students and minimum wage - dtb - 7/31/2006 1:03:30 AM
        
        thanks for that - Daniel - 7/31/2006 10:29:05 AM
        
        re: thanks - Tom Brosz - 7/31/2006 11:05:34 PM
        
        re: thanks - Daniel - 8/1/2006 1:25:44 AM
        
        Odd jobs - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2006 2:23:07 AM
        
        re: Odd jobs - Daniel - 8/1/2006 3:30:35 AM
        
        SSTO...I wish. - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2006 6:20:15 AM
        
        just to make clear - Daniel - 7/29/2006 6:12:00 PM

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