In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
This is not a "Good" business man.
I'm not an "anti-business" kind of guy. I honestly believe "good business" is good for the nation. Good business is not cronyism. Good business is not using the government as a support system and lead generator. That is corporate socialism, and that is what we have here. Much is made about all the CEOs in the Bush administration. But not one of these people is an entrepreneur. (‘That’s the problem with France, they have no French word for entrepreneur' as the new joke goes). They all made money from industries that make money with extreme governmental involvement. They are not free market capitalists. They are failed business men who got favors from people holding our money (the government… whether local, state, or federal).
“Good Business:” you create a product or service that people will pay for. To maximize the longevity of the business you treat everyone fair in your dealings, including your employees, and you alert potential users with honest (or at least entertaining... please) advertisements. You are a good member of the community. If you don’t do these things you become resented and your business fails, then you change your name, spend ads just to project the concept that you are a “good business” rather than be one. You will ultimately fail or you will run to the government for handouts (“Bechtel anyone?” They could not survive in the real world).
And then there is Richard Perle (above).
Advisor Perle has given seminars on ways to profit from possible conflicts discussed by defense board he sits on.
Pentagon adviser Richard N. Perle briefed an investment seminar on ways to profit from the conflict in Iraq and North Korea just weeks after he received a top-secret government briefing on the crises in the two countries, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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One of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's closest advisers, he was a vocal advocate of going to war against Iraq and publicly questioned the reliability of some longtime U.S. allies, including France and Saudi Arabia.
This isn’t good business or good government. It’s fat old white men in a smoke filled room wondering why the servants aren’t genuine when they say “yessum.”
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