tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post1769622333609729777..comments2024-01-01T15:35:12.954-07:00Comments on Simple Utah Mormon Politics: GM and Bailouts: Have You Noticed a Pattern Yet?Frank Stahelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post-84348639756878250762008-11-17T10:52:00.000-07:002008-11-17T10:52:00.000-07:00Just think. Before long we could end up with the ...Just think. Before long we could end up with the US version of the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant" REL="nofollow">Trabant</A>, the 'fantastic' car that was produced in the old East Germany for 30 years with pretty much zero innovation during that time.<BR/><BR/>Taxpayers will pay for the production of cars that people don't want, incentivized by political whim instead of customer demand, in order to support a shoddy and corrupt economic system.<BR/><BR/>"[G]overnment's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." --<I>Ronald Reagan, Aug. 15, 1986</I>Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post-79817580831244159182008-11-17T07:12:00.000-07:002008-11-17T07:12:00.000-07:00So before I clicked on the 'Read more' link, I was...So before I clicked on the 'Read more' link, I was thinking in my head... D - all of the above, D - all of the above.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree more, although I would change the "If it sucks, subsidize it" to "If it sucks really badly and is managed by friends of the politicians, subsidize it."Urban Kodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01327437055164051853noreply@blogger.com