Doug Henwood wrote:
> At 8:58 PM -0500 11/18/02, Yahoo! Alerts - News wrote:
>
>> Hey, Socialists! In Your Ear! (SmartMoney.com)
>> Enough business bashing. I'm a capitalist pig -- and proud of it.
>> For the full story, go to:
>> http://rd.yahoo.com/alerts/email/news/*http://biz.yahoo.com/smart/021118/20021111trad_1.html
> SmartMoney.com
> Hey, Socialists! In Your Ear!
> Monday November 18, 2:20 pm ET
> By Jonathan Hoenig
>
>
> The spirit of capitalism is to vote with one's pocketbook. It's ironic,
> then, how so many young, "oppressed" people decry capitalism while
> simultaneously embracing its benefits, buying everything from CDs to
> cell phones with ravenous hunger. (Epic Records greatly appreciates
> their purchases of Rage Against the Machine albums.) These people may
> believe that greedy CEOs are the only people to benefit from capitalism,
> but the truth is that free-market competition always helps consumers
> first and capitalists second. There isn't a good or service that hasn't
> been improved or made cheaper by big business and free enterprise.
Apparently, no amount of money can buy this useful idiot any critical thinking skills.
Chuck0
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