fat cat in the hat
“I have used the laws of this country just like the greatest people that you read about every day in business have used the laws of this country, the chapter laws, to do a great job for my company, for myself, for my employees, for my family, et cetera….
…I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.”
--Donald Trump, who has declared bankruptcy four times to avoid paying creditors.
*****
That makes sense. Big Businesses, like Trump’s, exploit multitudes of common people for their labor, and vacuum up their cash to benefit a few large stockholders and elite executives. That is Capitalism, and it is good.
For businesses to run more like government, where the executive suite serves to benefit employees and common people, would be Socialism, which is bad.
Everyone knows that.
*****
“We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes”
--Leona Helmsley, NYC Real Estate & Hotel Mogul
(Jailed for tax evasion and defrauding the government)
“It makes me smart”
--Donald Trump, on not paying any taxes
(Elected President of the United States)
Leona Helmsley, “The Queen of Mean”, was successfully prosecuted in 1989 by then U.S. Attorney (and now Trump sycophant) Rudy Giuliani for income tax evasion and fraudulent business practices. She reported to prison on April 15, 1992, the day when personal taxes fall due. Prisoner No.15113-054, estimated net worth over five billion dollars, served nineteen months in federal prison. Upon release she had to sell all her NY hotels, which sold drinks, because New York law does not allow convicted felons to hold liquor licenses.
What a difference twenty-five years can make.
Link to Altered States blog
fat cat in the hat
“I have used the laws of this country just like the greatest people that you read about every day in business have used the laws of this country, the chapter laws, to do a great job for my company, for myself, for my employees, for my family, et cetera….
…I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.”
--Donald Trump, who has declared bankruptcy four times to avoid paying creditors.
*****
That makes sense. Big Businesses, like Trump’s, exploit multitudes of common people for their labor, and vacuum up their cash to benefit a few large stockholders and elite executives. That is Capitalism, and it is good.
For businesses to run more like government, where the executive suite serves to benefit employees and common people, would be Socialism, which is bad.
Everyone knows that.
*****
“We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes”
--Leona Helmsley, NYC Real Estate & Hotel Mogul
(Jailed for tax evasion and defrauding the government)
“It makes me smart”
--Donald Trump, on not paying any taxes
(Elected President of the United States)
Leona Helmsley, “The Queen of Mean”, was successfully prosecuted in 1989 by then U.S. Attorney (and now Trump sycophant) Rudy Giuliani for income tax evasion and fraudulent business practices. She reported to prison on April 15, 1992, the day when personal taxes fall due. Prisoner No.15113-054, estimated net worth over five billion dollars, served nineteen months in federal prison. Upon release she had to sell all her NY hotels, which sold drinks, because New York law does not allow convicted felons to hold liquor licenses.
What a difference twenty-five years can make.
Link to Altered States blog