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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:01 PM
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"think of your family as a company"


that was said last night in an advertisment during the Dobbs show.

sigh
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BushOut06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:02 PM
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1. Problem is, Bush thinks of the country as a family
In the mob sense, that is.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:04 PM
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2. Where I work, we prefer to do it the other way around
:shrug:

But it's a coop, so I'm sure Lou would call us all Communists...

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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:05 PM
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3. Companies have recourse through bankruptcy.
Families will soon be indentured servants of the Corporate State.

Farm Families ARE companies. Corporate-friendly laws are grinding them into the dust.

The Mom & Pop Store is SLO.

Since wars are now fought by big companies against smaller ones... guess that ad explains where your family stands in their plans.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:10 PM
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4. Think of everything as a company
Think of everything as a commodity. Think of everything as a profit center, and gauge its value accordingly. There are no values but monetary values. There is no such thing as "aesthetic" or "intrinsic" worth. If an asset is "intangible," it's worthless and can be wholly discounted in any consideration of the right or the wrong thing to do.

That about capture it?
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:27 PM
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5. You nailed our Brave New World
Glad I am old enough not to have to deal with it much longer.
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 12:32 PM
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6. oh great. So think of my non-traditional family as an LBO
general partner.

Hey while you're at it, think of me as a limited partner with an FOF alternative investment vehicle and another trust based declining credit vehicle with an OPIC return guarantee and some other exotic hedge fund hedges.

Lou Dobbs, what a dumb comparison. If your mom engages in tax evasion the IRS can seize the assets of every single common shareholder and put the CFO in jail. That's not like a real company.
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