cronyism

"Crony Capitalism:" What's old news is new news in Republican pr...

Austinist  Wed, 09/14/2011 - 10:34am

Gov. Rick Perry said during Monday night's GOP debate that he was "offended" that he could be bought for a mere $5,000 contribution.

So, governor, this begs the question: how much does a political favor go for in the Lone Star State? And will allegations of cronyism hurt Perry in his race for the White House?



 

The thing so many right-wing economist-hacks aren't getting

M1EK  Wed, 03/18/2009 - 12:26pm

It's not about classism or about contract law, even though it's amazing how many of you hypocrites though it was OK for the government to throw out UAW contracts but just awful to even talk about touching AIG's.

It's about not letting capitalism destroy itself, as Karl Marx predicted it would do.

As odograph puts it: