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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics
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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (7095)1/19/2012 2:09:03 PM
From: Murrey Walker  Read Replies (1) of 85487
 
Corpratalism to me is giving multi country conglomerates incentives (usually through legislation - because their money influences legislative outcomes) that give them advantages which taxpayers are responsible for. The latest examples are the TARP money going to investment banks - AIG might be a better example.

I can't disagree with that, with the financial and automotive sectors being (by far) the recipients of obamas largesse.

However, I still stand on that soapbox titled "TERM LIMITS". Take the dollars out of the equation and things get better, faster.

But a fuzzy example is WalMart. If employees at WalMart don't have health care - and are payed such a low price that the employee can't buy it - then the result is that taxpayers get stuck with the tab.

If WalMart were the dastardly corporation that you think they are, I might meet you half way. But they DO take care of employees much the same as many corporations do. And WRT those who don't have the H/C they think they should with WalMart, they would find things to be much the same elsewhere. Scale it up or scale it down, if your company or mine can't afford to pay the employee's H/C, then yes, the taxpayer ultimately gets stuck with the bill. Same way as the big boys.
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