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Fighting the Last War

Anne_1 Wrote: Apr 12, 2012 5:32 AM
Goldberg makes a VERY valid point. Free the Markets, Mr. Romney http://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2012/04/11/free_the_markets_mr_romney "I'm not saying Obama's policies are valid or wise, but the water will get very muddy very quickly if Romney campaigns on who is business' BFF, especially when you consider that one of the things Romney did at Bain Capital was take businesses apart." [...] "There's a huge difference between being pro-business and pro-free market. The government's role in the free market is to keep it free and fair, not to play favorites." And that doesn't even take into account many of my other big concerns about Willards admission that he would keep NDAA, etc.
Robert 206 Wrote: Apr 12, 2012 7:00 AM
"...one of the things Romney did at Bain Capital was take businesses apart."


Anne, did you ever hear of "Creative Destruction"? One of the reasons why we're not manufacturing buggy whips any more. In the fast-moving 21st Century of worldwide business you have to innovate or die!
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