I laugh at all these scholars who want to cut spending yet we somehow 'sweep under the rug' the 1/2 TRILLION we spend on the military, 10 times what anyone else spends EVERY F^^^$$ING YEAR.
Much of this tax money is doled out to private corporations, the 'outsourcing' of our military.
Worried about debt, cut the fat and the corporate welfare of the military.
Austerity hypocrites!
Haven't they realized that oil companies have endangered our environment by way too many oil spills that were viewed by the perpetrator as, "Oh well!" That's why we don't want nor can ill afford another from this proposed pipeline? Well, of course that doesn't matter to ALEC who seem to support any and all legislation that absolves oil companies and many other huge corporations of any harm they might to our world.
There I said it, 'ALEC," "ALEC," "ALEC." Three times and their armies of non-alec speak have not arrived at my door demanding that I stop!. They are nothing but a bunch of well-moneyed dumb-alecs who think they own the right to adversely influence the congress in my state to not represent us. Better ask future election hopeful candidates that if they belong to or even vaguely associated with the dumb-alecs that you will not vote for them.
I find this incessant hysteria about the Kochs insane. They are businessmen. They have made themselves wealthy by producing goods and services that others voluntarily choose to buy. Unlike government, there is no coercion. If you don't want to buy their refined oil products, then don't drive a car, ride a bus, fly a plane, or heat your home. If you don't want to use their Georgia Pacific paper products, then buy another brand. Or buy no brand at all. If you are one of the 50,000 or so employees who they employ to produce the stuff their customers voluntarily choose to buy, and you are not pleased by your salary and benefits like health insurance and pension plans, then find another employer. Start your own business. Or stay home.
If they buy the Trib out of bankruptcy, it will be a business deal. The balance sheet will be cleaner and the debt burden lighter. Presumably it will be cash flow positive. To succeed, as with all business ventures, the managers and editors they employ MUST provide a product that people voluntarily choose to buy - whether it is a subscription to the paper or a spot to display advertising. Those editors will publish local, regional, and national news that they believe their customers value. Will they personally write op-eds that convey their point of view? Perhaps. Perhaps not. It's not clear to me that the goal is anything other than a business venture. But if they do publish op-eds that convey their libertarian and/or conservative leanings, so what? The readers who are so close minded to opinions they don't agree with can choose not to read. Or choose to cancel the subscription. It's how freedom works.
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