One of my favorite comedians Patton Oswald was on the Bill Maher show (HBO) this week and, during a discussion of the Tea Party (who Maher always calls the “Tea Baggers”) stated that Tea Party adherents mistook large corporations and big business in general as being synonymous with free market capitalism. This very important point harks back to one of my favorite comments on business from Ralph Nader during the first (Republican sponsored) “bail-out.” Nader stated that the only real capitalist in American were the small business owners, because they were the only business owners “allowed to fail.”
The hideous marriage of government and their corporate handlers has created a perfect storm in our country, with government propping up failed business with taxpayer money. It is on this axis that the focal point of the Tea Party anger should rest but it does not, corporate Republican extraordinaire Dick Army (I suspect) is making sure of that. An essential ingredient of REAL free market capitalism is the ability to fail. I live and breathe free market capitalism every day and so do the bulk of my clients and one thing is for sure – if myself or any one of my clients go out of business I can assure the Government will not give a shit – THAT is an indispensable tenant of the free market and it needs to extend from Riley and Associates to Goldman Sachs and General Motors!
Well done, Syn! You've gotten your voice back!
ReplyDeleteNeed to make one important point. Your clients WOULD certainly give a shit if R&A took the pipe!