HI DAn,

On Thu 2037-Apr-30 14:14, Dan Ceppa (1:138/666) wrote to Richard Webb:

 BA> If anything he is moving *away* from pure fascism by having the
 BA> government buy up equity stakes (with its typical strongarm tactics -
 BA> i.e. 'take the money or else') in private banks and corporations.

 RW> PRobably, but the same wall street numbskulls who got us
 RW> into this mess are going to keep their toys, and their
 RW> positions.  FUnny how that works.

DC> Like it or not, this country is more like a plutarchy/oligarchy made
DC> up  of big business interests.  However, the proper terminology in
DC> this  country's system is as an oiligarchy.  


THat or a plutocracy in practice.

DC> Per Wall Street crooks:  Few politicians haven't taken money from
DC> them.   And, they have lots of money to throw around, even after the
DC> crash.   

OF course, the same people that screwed the pooch on this
one are running the bailout.

DC> Hell, some of those bastards who were directly involved in the were
DC> given  multi-million dollar bonuses.  They should have been given
DC> multi-year prison sentences instead. 


I'd agree with that.


Regards,
           Richard
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