A Couple of Real Life Crony Capitalists
Sarah Palin’s latest speech at the Iowa Tea Party last week has received a lot of attention – even positive attention from the NY Times – due to its effective and groundbreaking content. Palin spoke extensively about crony capitalism, and what she calls the “permanent political class” on both sides of the party line. These are the wealthy, intellectual elitists of America who have made it so big that their egos have become as overblown as their bank accounts. Consequently, they have determined that they know what’s best for us “regular people.” Forget vast right-wing or left-wing conspirators, these permanent political class leaders are in a party of their own and they have been conspiring together like one big Mensa meeting-of-the-minds as a totalitarian faction. We Americans should be most angered by these crony capitalists in our country because in retrospect, they are responsible for the world’s hatred toward us. If anyone has blood on their hands, it’s the corporate crony capitalists because they misrepresent what a free market society is all about. They have mastered the art of using taxpayer money to pad their own pockets and have deceived the American people with false representation so they can either accumulate more wealth or strategically position themselves for re-election. Let’s consider some real life leaders from this permanent political class that Palin was referring: Example #1: Michael Bloomberg. Here...
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