Robert Reich, smart, sexy genius, and decent human being, captures the essence of Romneyism
http://robertreich.org/#.UJVSZE3k-jc.twitter
"...The ten guiding principles of Romneyism are:
1. Corporations are the basic units of society. Corporations are people, and the overriding purpose of an economy is to maximize corporate profits. When profits are maximized, the economy grows fastest. This growth benefits everyone in the form greater output, better products and services, and higher share prices.
2. Workers are a means to the goal of maximizing corporate profits. If workers do not contribute to that goal, they should be fired. If they cannot then find other work that helps maximize profits in another company, their wages must be too high, and they must therefore accept steadily lower wages until they find a job.
3. All factors of production – capital, physical plant and equipment, workers – are fungible and should be treated the same. Any that fail to deliver high competitive returns should be replaced or discarded. This keeps an economy efficient. Fairness is and should be irrelevant.
4. Pollution, unsafe products, unsafe working conditions, financial fraud, and other negative side effects of the pursuit of profits are the price society pays for profit-driven growth. They should not be used as excuses to constrain the pursuit of profits through regulation.
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Check them all out at the link. Reich nails the real Romney.
* Edited to correct misspelling of name. Anybody who knows me, knows I am the typo queen. And I greatly appreciate when friends give me a heads up about typos.
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Hardytoo
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Rmoney's beliefs seem to be completely aligned with his greed - and the principles of Ayn Rand. Facism - "make the trains run on time" and if you can't do it fast enough, you're fired. You mean nothing other than what you can do for HIS personal gain.
As said above: "Workers are a means to the goal of maximizing corporate profits."
He really believes that workers are HIS means to HIS personal financial ends.
That's why he (formally) began his campaign 10 years ago - and likely long before he pretended to resign from Bain Capital - for the glorification of himSELF.
Good, concise post, Atilla - and as usual, Robert Reich nails it. - 7 months ago
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Hardytoo
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attilatheblond
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Hardytoo:
Yep. Romney, and too many others, build their beliefs around what they want to do. Sorta like 'Man created God in his own image'. Too many consider $$ to be the ultimate good.
- 7 months ago
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attilatheblond
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letsliveinpeace
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Hardytoo:
I wholeheartedly agree.
- 7 months ago
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letsliveinpeace
