and that's been the response so far right? So why would business change a model which has, after all, worked well for it? "We shouldn't raise taxes on anyone in this economy" reeks of focus group, and probably was carefully crafted through several focus group iterations.
And yanno.. I can't say "job creator" with a straight face ;) Jon Stewart totally NAILED that one. The magazines speak of Teen Mom Dating Disasters.... oh and there was some stuff about ALEC but nobody was listening. Wasn't that the computer in 2001? Maybe it was Star Wars... oh look, Anthony wedding shocker!!! Not with a bang but a whimper. I'll go away now. On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Grussgott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well said. The idea that business is waiting on Obama or taxes is total > BS. Our taxes are are the lowest since the 1950s and countries like Sweden > and Germany are experiencing huge growth. Nobody would accuse either of > those countries of having low taxes. > > Robert is 100% right: the only real question is how much companies should > globalize; I.e. How much can they risk before angering their primary market > and/or their prime benefactor, the USA. > > The choice isn't Obama or not or taxes or less, it's "how much trouble will > we get in if we totally globalize". I guarantee you that's the question, > not taxes or Obama. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jul 19, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Our whole economic system is broken. One of the perverse results of the > > current rule set is that very rich people, if they are patriotic, feel > like > > they are being held hostage by the US government. Wynn is a gambling > man's > > gambling man, so let's treat his situation as a game of high stakes > poker. > > From where he sits now, his options are: > > > > 1. stand pat > > 2. go all in with the US > > 3. withdraw and become a robber baron by investing profits from US > markets > > in Asia > > > > Right now, from his perspective, #2 is economic suicide, and he's right. > > > > The mantra of global capitalism is every man for himself. The current > rules > > encourage this attitude, so guys like Wynn feel they are being punished > for > > trying to do the right thing. If he has a case that we should lower taxes > to > > encourage investment and re-build the economy, he needs to stop > complaining > > to the politicians and make that case directly to the American people. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> Here's some confirmation from Steve Wynn, the CEO of casino company Wynn > >> Resorts. This is an excerpt from a quarterly company conference call. > >> The guy keeps making speeches about redistribution and maybe we ought to > do > >> something to businesses that don't invest, their holding too much money. > We > >> haven't heard that kind of talk except from pure socialists. Everybody's > >> afraid of the government and there's no need soft peddling it, it's the > >> truth. It is the truth. And that's true of Democratic businessman and > >> Republican businessman, and I am a Democratic businessman and I support > >> Harry Reid. I support Democrats and Republicans. And I'm telling you > that > >> the business community in this company is frightened to death of the > weird > >> political philosophy of the President of the United States. And until > he's > >> gone, everybody's going to be sitting on their thumbs. > >> J > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340825 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
