Comments on: The Invisible Handjob http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/04/04/the-invisible-handjob/ performs a blog dance for your amusement Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:22:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Kay http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/04/04/the-invisible-handjob/comment-page-1/#comment-112187 Roy Kay Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:08:33 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/?p=106#comment-112187 Would the answer be, then, to reduce the power of those who hold power, so it can't be abused? Would the answer be, then, to reduce the power of those who hold power, so it can’t be abused?

]]> By: mythago http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/04/04/the-invisible-handjob/comment-page-1/#comment-93797 mythago Fri, 16 May 2008 07:07:05 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/?p=106#comment-93797 Certainly. But those in power in Washington who apply the term 'free marketers' to themselves, aren't. Certainly. But those in power in Washington who apply the term ‘free marketers’ to themselves, aren’t.

]]> By: stanton http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/04/04/the-invisible-handjob/comment-page-1/#comment-93197 stanton Tue, 13 May 2008 16:53:03 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/?p=106#comment-93197 Hello Mythago, Would you believe that there are actual "free market" believers out there who believe in losses and bankruptcy for inefficient businesses and deeply resent the government's interference in the process here? Some espouse a creed because of the benefits in it for them, but don't really care a whit about the creed itself. This applies to liberals, conservatives, free-traders, feminists, MRAs, and anything else that you can name. One does not learn anything about the validity of the principles of any system by examining the behaviors of the worst among them who are in truth only there for what they can get out of it. Hello Mythago,

Would you believe that there are actual “free market” believers out there who believe in losses and bankruptcy for inefficient businesses and deeply resent the government’s interference in the process here? Some espouse a creed because of the benefits in it for them, but don’t really care a whit about the creed itself. This applies to liberals, conservatives, free-traders, feminists, MRAs, and anything else that you can name. One does not learn anything about the validity of the principles of any system by examining the behaviors of the worst among them who are in truth only there for what they can get out of it.

]]> By: Manju http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/04/04/the-invisible-handjob/comment-page-1/#comment-83209 Manju Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:56:47 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/?p=106#comment-83209 Bear shareholders got hosed. they probably would've gotten more out of a bankruptcy proceeding than this "bailout," but valuations are a matter of opinion. the free-markets lost too, but it was hardly a gift, except to JP Morgan. Bear shareholders got hosed. they probably would’ve gotten more out of a bankruptcy proceeding than this “bailout,” but valuations are a matter of opinion.

the free-markets lost too, but it was hardly a gift, except to JP Morgan.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/04/04/the-invisible-handjob/comment-page-1/#comment-83072 Aaron Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:37:14 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/?p=106#comment-83072 Wait a minute, mythago. Free markets are about privatizing profits. Losses aren't supposed to be part of the bargain, so it only seems fair that the taxpayer should pick them up. Besides, if a for-profit enterprise loses money it's probably the government's fault anyway... to much regulation, to little regulation, whatever... so again, why stick the poor shareholders with the losses? Wait a minute, mythago. Free markets are about privatizing profits. Losses aren’t supposed to be part of the bargain, so it only seems fair that the taxpayer should pick them up.

Besides, if a for-profit enterprise loses money it’s probably the government’s fault anyway… to much regulation, to little regulation, whatever… so again, why stick the poor shareholders with the losses?

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