> [Some people have said that capital opposes the stimulus plan. Not this
> faction of capital.]
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> <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126950
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> IBM CEO urges support for $825B stimulus bill
> Palmisano says a $30B broadband investment can create 1M jobs alone
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> By Patrick Thibodeau
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Iirc, IBM's rent-seeking during the 20th century's second depression was/is a huge contributor to their current sales push to feed at the trough [smart infrastructure blather with those annoying banner ads on way too many websites]; kinda like Francis Drake's plunder tour of the planet way back got the once mighty corporation called Great Britain going....