I know fear, and this man reeks of fear. Only a complete looser would sit by while others died to make his point. To sit and watch while your friends and co-workers were, and are, punished for a decision you could easily have made to prevent it from happening; this type of personality is in desperate need of an ass kicking. Many times in my career I have seen these men, and then dished out a can of whoop-ass. Without any testosterone, his ability to act as a man is lost in his books, thoughts, feelings, and complete self centered world. Since he believes we revolve around him, he continually master. As soon as we quit revolving around him, he panics. Now that he is in panic mode, we can see that he is no longer “in charge”. He may hold the seat, but he is only a puppet and we see the strings.

Shortly this piece of worthless DNA will fade to the background and the adults will resume control. Good luck with you mediocre “community organizing” job.

FYI, I buy, sell and broker chemical plant, refining, and plastics process equipment and plants. LOTS of private capital is sitting on the sidelines and especially historic profits earned by privately owned manufacturers who have WANTED and NEEDED to begin capital expansions of manufacturing here in the U.S. It ain’t taxes holding them back, it’s regulations that might not allow them to even put manufacturing expansions to use.

Honestly, at this point I am wishing for a Romney two term win and GOP control of both houses. Lets just have rampant corporatism for a decade. It will take that to explode all the lies of conservative “economics.”

libfreeordie on June 4, 2012 at 3:38 PM

From a once-liberal I too would sometimes like John Q. Dumbarse to get just what he thinks he wants. Wrong conclusion, but nice idea.

If the US wanted to take off the shackles, the easiest way to economic growth is to roll back the regulatory intrusions — perhaps especially on energy production — and demonstrate at least some progress on long-term fiscal and tax reform rather than another round of gimmickry.

Yes, YES, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deregulate. Deregulate. Deregulate. The best 10-letter solution we could possibly choose.

Another great piece, Ed.

Then cold, hard reality dumps on them.

Seriously, though this is not as stark as Ayn Rand wrote, but these companies are simply “Going Galt”.
Fogpig on June 4, 2012 at 4:05 PM

Actually, at the very high end, quite a few corporations are more than happy to sign on to Obamanomics. In any fascist economy, there are a thousand fat cats for every REAL crony who’s going to come out on top in the government sweepstakes.

Atlas is shrugging right now. But it is nothing like what Ayn Rand talked about. Of course it’s not a handful of geniuses moving to an invisible canyon somewhere. That was just plain silly.

What’s going on right now is that millions of American taxpayers are belatedly realizing that that the federal government considers them enemies of the state. This “rev0lution” is not nearly melodramatic enough to make a good movie – or even a passable novel.

But it is real. It is very, very real.

Much of the problem stems from regulatory adventurism, and the ambiguous manner in which the regulatory state has expanded. Businesses cannot plan for largely-unwritten regulations stemming from ObamaCare and Dodd-Frank

Very surprised to see that in a pre-election AP story. Somebody must have had an accidental moment of journalism.

libfreeordie on June 4, 2012 at 3:38 PM

That’s the most intelligent thing you have ever written. The conclusion is wrong, as usual. But it shows promise.

Since liberal Democrats took control of Congress in 2007 and the Presidency in 2009, their policies have been like a bull in a china shop. Not only has it destroyed huge amounts of potential capital, but no one is willing to go back into the shop until the bull is removed! It’s too unpredictable, destroys too much and will leave the risk taker gasping his last breaths on the shop floor after goring and trampling him. And Government promises of calling 911 don’t hold much weight from the people that unleashed the monster in the first place!

dominigan on June 4, 2012 at 3:08 PM

Yes and Romney should be pounding this home.

This recession started in 2007 when Nancy became Speaker. Romney should be running against Nancy Harry and Obama.

is Obama’s fault because his administration has heaped loads of ambiguous risk on the economy… from Obamacare (how much will healthcare cost my company?) to environmental (how much will studies cost/delay my projects?) to taxes (will Democrats allow my taxes to increase, causing my company to post losses instead of profits?)… and on, and on, and on.

Honestly, at this point I am wishing for a Romney two term win and GOP control of both houses. Lets just have rampant corporatism for a decade. It will take that to explode all the lies of conservative “economics.”

One simple, cheap way to unleash this economy: radical tax reform. If November is good to Republicans and they don’t make this a top priority, I’m done with them for good.

stout77 on June 4, 2012 at 2:48 PM

Much good it will do when half the population – most of them Obama voters, of course – doesn’t pay any taxes.

Archivarix on June 4, 2012 at 2:55 PM

That would change drastically under the reform I am thinking of;)

#1 would be abolition of the income tax itself.

libfreeordie on June 4, 2012 at 2:47 PM

Who runs the departments that have made all those regulations? Who appointed those department heads? If those department heads weren’t 4 square behind the regulations they wouldn’t have seen the light of day. So yes the buck stops at Obama’s desk.

chemman on June 4, 2012 at 3:22 PM

Like their messiah, his snot nosed followers automatically blame everyone else for their short comings.

libfreeordie on June 4, 2012 at 2:47 PM

chemman on June 4, 2012 at 3:22 PM

The libiot isn’t that stupid.

libfreeordie is in the denial stage at this time.

libfreeordie on June 4, 2012 at 2:47 PM

Who runs the departments that have made all those regulations? Who appointed those department heads? If those department heads weren’t 4 square behind the regulations they wouldn’t have seen the light of day. So yes the buck stops at Obama’s desk.

So employers are reaping profits, not hiring people and then bad employment numbers scare investors. This is Obama’s fault how?

libfreeordie on June 4, 2012 at 2:47 PM

Companies don’t exist to hire people. Companies exist to make money. Employees are a result of making money. I just explained this simple concept to my teenaged son. He gets it.

So, how do we get to a part time Congress? Federalism.

So employers are reaping profits, not hiring people and then bad employment numbers scare investors. This is Obama’s fault how?

libfreeordie on June 4, 2012 at 2:47 PM

If anyone else had written this, it would have come with its own sarc tag. But your moniker says it all.

Apparently you don’t subscribe to the cause and effect theory, but rather the Gumppian “shiite happens” theory.

So employers are reaping profits, not hiring people and then bad employment numbers scare investors. This is Obama’s fault how?

libfreeordie on June 4, 2012 at 2:47 PM

Reading comprehension just isn’t your thing, is it?

Employers are BARELY making profits. The insurance company I left 9 months ago was limping along on only a 2-3% margin for the last few years.

It is Obama’s fault because his administration has heaped loads of ambiguous risk on the economy… from Obamacare (how much will healthcare cost my company?) to environmental (how much will studies cost/delay my projects?) to taxes (will Democrats allow my taxes to increase, causing my company to post losses instead of profits?)… and on, and on, and on.

Since liberal Democrats took control of Congress in 2007 and the Presidency in 2009, their policies have been like a bull in a china shop. Not only has it destroyed huge amounts of potential capital, but no one is willing to go back into the shop until the bull is removed! It’s too unpredictable, destroys too much and will leave the risk taker gasping his last breaths on the shop floor after goring and trampling him. And Government promises of calling 911 don’t hold much weight from the people that unleashed the monster in the first place!

Today we don’t know if that profit will be at the same level, because health care costs may rise due to Obamacare. Secondly, we don’t know if the tax rate will be 40%, 50%, or even more. Consequently small business is now saving all the extra profit in the expectation that it will be needed to pay more taxes next year. Thus, no hiring or other growth initiatives. Until there is some certainty of the future, don’t expect much else.

The economy will improve when people are in government who don’t think “profit” is a dirty word, and “pro-business” an insult.

The last best hope of mankind has become a monster of muck trapped in its own poo. Wake up, people!

So employers are reaping profits, not hiring people and then bad employment numbers scare investors. This is Obama’s fault how?

libfreeordie on June 4, 2012 at 2:47 PM

The first troll got released by Axelturd…and proved instantly how devoid of logic they are. Don’t answer the question. I love it when they remain delusional.