Comments on: Oh For… http://slackmeister.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/oh-for/ Thoughts, observations and half-cocked rants from a Northern Virginia native Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:33:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ethanol - No We Can’t! « You Got to Be Kidding Me! http://slackmeister.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/oh-for/#comment-1913 Ethanol - No We Can’t! « You Got to Be Kidding Me! Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:50:19 +0000 http://slackmeister.wordpress.com/?p=274#comment-1913 [...] in Economics, Environment, Politics at 6:47 am by Stacy McMahon In keeping with yesterday’s post on corporate welfare, here’s another of the biggest steaming piles in US energy policy - corn-based ethanol. Like [...] [...] in Economics, Environment, Politics at 6:47 am by Stacy McMahon In keeping with yesterday’s post on corporate welfare, here’s another of the biggest steaming piles in US energy policy – corn-based ethanol. Like [...]

]]> By: Clint http://slackmeister.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/oh-for/#comment-1909 Clint Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:14:29 +0000 http://slackmeister.wordpress.com/?p=274#comment-1909 And there's really no incentive for them to make *good* decisions if there are no consequences. If companies get bailed out, it's not really capitalism. Of course, I think pure free market is not the best way to deal with things... But inconsistent favoritism is not either. And that's what this seems like. And there’s really no incentive for them to make *good* decisions if there are no consequences. If companies get bailed out, it’s not really capitalism.

Of course, I think pure free market is not the best way to deal with things… But inconsistent favoritism is not either. And that’s what this seems like.

]]> By: Stacy McMahon http://slackmeister.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/oh-for/#comment-1908 Stacy McMahon Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:40:26 +0000 http://slackmeister.wordpress.com/?p=274#comment-1908 I believe in letting individuals and companies equally suffer from their own dumbass decisions. There's really no other way to get them to make better decisions next time. I believe in letting individuals and companies equally suffer from their own dumbass decisions. There’s really no other way to get them to make better decisions next time.

]]> By: Clint http://slackmeister.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/oh-for/#comment-1906 Clint Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:13:49 +0000 http://slackmeister.wordpress.com/?p=274#comment-1906 It's funny ... "The free market will fix everything", many conservatives say. But then those likely seem to be the same people railing to prop up all these companies that deserve to die. :) It’s funny … “The free market will fix everything”, many conservatives say. But then those likely seem to be the same people railing to prop up all these companies that deserve to die. :)

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