Comments on: Morning Bell: ‘We Don’t Want Government to Run Companies’ http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: - Are You Riled Up? - » Blog Archive » Morning Bell: ‘We Don’T Want Government To Run Companies’ » the … http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10714 - Are You Riled Up? - » Blog Archive » Morning Bell: ‘We Don’T Want Government To Run Companies’ » the … Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:27:38 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10714 [...] With Congress poised to vote on a rescue for the nation’s auto industry and Obama promising to launch a massive public spending program, Capitol Hill has once again become the scene of a lobbying free-for-all. …[Continue Reading] [...] [...] With Congress poised to vote on a rescue for the nation’s auto industry and Obama promising to launch a massive public spending program, Capitol Hill has once again become the scene of a lobbying free-for-all. …[Continue Reading] [...]

]]> By: Linda Fisher, South http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10705 Linda Fisher, South Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:42:14 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10705 We don't need to believe that they will not survive. They need to go through bankruptcy. That is the only way that they can get rid of their labor conracts with the unions. This huge labor bill is one of the reasons they are in this shape. They can survive with the bankruptcy court better than with the government. We need LESS government control, not more in the lives and businesses of americans. We don't need to believe that they will not survive. They need to go through bankruptcy. That is the only way that they can get rid of their labor conracts with the unions. This huge labor bill is one of the reasons they are in this shape. They can survive with the bankruptcy court better than with the government. We need LESS government control, not more in the lives and businesses of americans.

]]> By: frankz, brewster, ny http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10696 frankz, brewster, ny Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:25:23 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10696 the car co's should be bailed out with criteria for the co's to meet. They are suffering the same problems the railroads had with firemen on diesels. It's time the car co's deal with the realities of today, the problem created by the mgmt, unions, & govt in unison. Let's make all three parties give what it takes to make this a viable business. the car co's should be bailed out with criteria for the co's to meet. They are suffering the same problems the railroads had with firemen on diesels. It's time the car co's deal with the realities of today, the problem created by the mgmt, unions, & govt in unison. Let's make all three parties give what it takes to make this a viable business.

]]> By: private disability insurance claims results | Digg hot tags http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10676 private disability insurance claims results | Digg hot tags Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:14:22 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10676 [...] Vote Morning Bell: “We Don’t Want Government to Run Companies” [...] [...] Vote Morning Bell: “We Don’t Want Government to Run Companies” [...]

]]> By: “We Don’t Want Government to Run Companies” « Conservative Thoughts and Profundity http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10655 “We Don’t Want Government to Run Companies” « Conservative Thoughts and Profundity Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:53:22 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10655 [...] December 9, 2008 at 2:53 pm · Filed under Heritage.com This Sunday on Meet the Press, President-elect Barack Obama told Tom Brokaw, “We we don’t want government to run companies. Generally, government historically hasn’t done that very well.” Obama is right. Government has a miserable record as a corporate manager. We shouldn’t want politicians or federal bureaucrats managing private companies. Continue reading . . . [...] [...] December 9, 2008 at 2:53 pm · Filed under Heritage.com This Sunday on Meet the Press, President-elect Barack Obama told Tom Brokaw, “We we don’t want government to run companies. Generally, government historically hasn’t done that very well.” Obama is right. Government has a miserable record as a corporate manager. We shouldn’t want politicians or federal bureaucrats managing private companies. Continue reading . . . [...]

]]> By: Michael J O'Bri http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10654 Michael J O'Bri Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:51:24 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10654 Mike B - Bravo! Ken Karvis - you have been living in Las Vegas way too long. Investors do not run companies; investors elect directors who in turn hire managers. As normal investors, should we not like what the company is doing we can always sell out of the position. In the case of these bail outs, the taxpayer has no such option [we have non voting preferred stock and warrants ]. If the company fails, then it is over for the taxpayer. All we can do is watch hopelessly as our elected government officials waste away our hard earned tax dollars on political promises. Write your elected officails and tell them. Mike B – Bravo!

Ken Karvis – you have been living in Las Vegas way too long. Investors do not run companies; investors elect directors who in turn hire managers. As normal investors, should we not like what the company is doing we can always sell out of the position. In the case of these bail outs, the taxpayer has no such option [we have non voting preferred stock and warrants ]. If the company fails, then it is over for the taxpayer. All we can do is watch hopelessly as our elected government officials waste away our hard earned tax dollars on political promises. Write your elected officails and tell them.

]]> By: Kevin E. vonMoses, G http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10650 Kevin E. vonMoses, G Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:05:43 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10650 Quite frankly, those who can, do... those who can't, run for Congress. Maxine Waters is as good an example of a self inflated poltroon as you are likely to find. She honestly believes that SHE and the other know-nothing liberals have the answers. From time immemorial the question is whether or not the great unwashed masses could govern themselves or whether they needed an elite to guide them. Jefferson posited the former was true while Hamilton supported the elite/gentry need. IF the constituency of the sitting Congress as installed by the voters is any indication, Hamilton just may have been right... Quite frankly, those who can, do… those who can't, run for Congress. Maxine Waters is as good an example of a self inflated poltroon as you are likely to find. She honestly believes that SHE and the other know-nothing liberals have the answers.

From time immemorial the question is whether or not the great unwashed masses could govern themselves or whether they needed an elite to guide them. Jefferson posited the former was true while Hamilton supported the elite/gentry need.

IF the constituency of the sitting Congress as installed by the voters is any indication, Hamilton just may have been right…

]]> By: Morning Bell: “We Don’t Want Government to Run Companies” · I Article http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10616 Morning Bell: “We Don’t Want Government to Run Companies” · I Article Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:43:39 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10616 [...] Read the rest here: Morning Bell: “We Don’t Want Government to Run Companies” [...] [...] Read the rest here: Morning Bell: “We Don’t Want Government to Run Companies” [...]

]]> By: Dell in South Caroli http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10645 Dell in South Caroli Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:32:53 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10645 What's the old saw..? The crazies are in charge of the asylum..? Well, guess what, friends..they're not only crazy, they're greedy and completely uninformed as well. What have any of them ever done to qualify them to build a car? This whole bunch..Pelosi, Reid, Dodd and Frank..probably don't know a radiator from an alternator but they think they can pick a car czar who does! So what even qualifies them for that technical job!?! Seems to me the only job they could do right is cut out the 35% tariff on every new car that's built. No wonder every other country in the world can out-sell us in today's market..we start off with a disadvantage before the doors are ever opened each day! God help us for the next 2-4 years until we might be able to get some sanity back into our government. At least they didn't get their super majority so the GOP can maybe slow 'em down a little here and there. Also, it seems that everybody wants to blame the Republicans for this whole mess we're in but where were our leaders..(again Frank, Dodd, Paulson, etc.)..while all this was building up? Sitting on their hands hoping they could do their terms before the crap hit the fan, I'll bet! How could they NOT see this coming? The GOP may not have known all they should have when this mess started but, if these people we put into office were really there to serve the American taxpayer, they've surely done a lousy job of it!!! What's the old saw..? The crazies are in charge of the asylum..? Well, guess what, friends..they're not only crazy, they're greedy and completely uninformed as well. What have any of them ever done to qualify them to build a car? This whole bunch..Pelosi, Reid, Dodd and Frank..probably don't know a radiator from an alternator but they think they can pick a car czar who does! So what even qualifies them for that technical job!?! Seems to me the only job they could do right is cut out the 35% tariff on every new car that's built. No wonder every other country in the world can out-sell us in today's market..we start off with a disadvantage before the doors are ever opened each day!

God help us for the next 2-4 years until we might be able to get some sanity back into our government. At least they didn't get their super majority so the GOP can maybe slow 'em down a little here and there.

Also, it seems that everybody wants to blame the Republicans for this whole mess we're in but where were our leaders..(again Frank, Dodd, Paulson, etc.)..while all this was building up? Sitting on their hands hoping they could do their terms before the crap hit the fan, I'll bet! How could they NOT see this coming? The GOP may not have known all they should have when this mess started but, if these people we put into office were really there to serve the American taxpayer, they've surely done a lousy job of it!!!

]]> By: “We Don’t Want Government to Run Companies” « America, You Asked For It! http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10614 “We Don’t Want Government to Run Companies” « America, You Asked For It! Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/12/09/morning-bell-we-dont-want-government-to-run-companies/#comment-10614 [...] Full Article at the Foundry [...] [...] Full Article at the Foundry [...]

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