"In charge of the economy"

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TB — 3/12/2009 2:13:46 AM (archived)

Even granting that revealing way of putting it, who would you have "in charge" instead? Keep in mind there are already numerous example of nations where the government or "The People" were "in charge." I'll take the businessmen, thanks.

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Oh my gosh, Jon Stewart is a genius - azstrummer - 3/11/2009 5:12:52 PM
- "Why in the world would anyone be idiotic enough to take him on?" - Lindy - 3/11/2009 11:29:45 PM
  - Why should anyone listen to any financial expert? - ER - 3/11/2009 11:44:02 PM
    - "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which when taken at the flood - - - " - Bowser - 3/12/2009 12:33:24 AM
    - There were some predicting the crash. - Eri - 3/12/2009 12:29:01 AM
      - I predicted it during the Reagan Administration, - ER - 3/12/2009 1:27:04 AM
        
        "In charge of the economy" - TB - 3/12/2009 2:13:46 AM
        
        Businessmen don't want to run the economy. - ER - 3/12/2009 9:44:34 AM
        
        re: Businessmen don't want to run the economy. - TB - 3/12/2009 4:33:28 PM
        
        Sometimes the naivete of the committed amuses me. - ER - 3/12/2009 6:58:38 PM
        
        Repeating the same thing at greater length is not a rebuttal. - TB - 3/13/2009 4:57:57 AM
        
        John 3:16 meets Rashomon - ER - 3/13/2009 6:28:52 PM
        
        re: John 3:16 meets Rashomon - TB - 3/13/2009 10:50:47 PM
        
        Here's what I think - ER - 3/14/2009 12:18:54 AM
        
        Businessmen are the economy. - Lee - 3/12/2009 4:50:23 PM
        
        Der Fuher ist Deutschland, huh Lee? (n/t) - McFly - 3/13/2009 12:14:32 PM
        
        Huh? - Lee - 3/13/2009 4:13:47 PM
        
        "When's the last time you got a job from someone who wasn't a businessman?" - ER - 3/13/2009 10:15:02 PM
        
        Hmm - who is the dog and who is the tail? - Laurie Street - 3/12/2009 5:39:28 PM
        
        It's dogs all the way down. - TB - 3/12/2009 5:49:49 PM
        
        One hand washes the other. - Lee - 3/12/2009 6:23:48 PM
        
        "both are careerists corrupted by ambition" - Lindy - 3/12/2009 12:56:02 PM
        
        And we've had the businessmen. Enron, Worldcom were just the start. - Bowser - 3/12/2009 3:51:25 AM
        
        Of course it's not the norm. - TB - 3/12/2009 4:23:48 AM
        
        All regulated. Every one. But lift the regulations, - - - ! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/12/2009 5:44:51 AM

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