Greed--Not Kindness

[whiteface]

I love the way you spell it out cowman, couldn't have said it better if I'd plagerized it right off your post. Glad Purecountry didn't run you off of here, your posts, in my opinion, are great. Yer getting a weeeee bit socialist on me, Randy, come back hunny, this IS why we live in Alberta, because we ARE capitilists and DO ( you always liked that word, DO ) have every intention of getting RICH. Otherwize we'd might as just well live on the moon, or in Wilson's country. He's happy. Have a good day all!

[ivbinconned]

"Monoplolies" give "capitalisim" a bad name. They do not derive their power from the "freemarket"!

Generally, Capitalism is good. However, many forms of Capitalism in Canada today is really Corporatism. Modern Corporatism is almost Neo-Feudalism wrapped up and disguised as Capitalism. Corporations and "Owners" claim they want free markets, then they turn around and lobby government to tilt the market playing field in their favor by passing laws granting monopolies, constructing legal barriers of entry into markets, and handout corporate welfare.

Boards of Directors and Corporate Officers become Feudal Lords. And while they claim to operate the business solely for the benefit of the stockholders (and thus attempt to further wrap their acts into a cloak of democracy on top of that cloak of capitalism) the people who benefit the most from Corporate Business are those Board Members and Corporate Officers. They get golden parchutes and earn, on average, 300 times more than the average corporate employee.

You are right cowman...we are "supposed to have a free market"...but saddly, we don't!

Don't confuse corporatism or monoplism with capitalisim.

[PureCountry]

You guys are killing me with the -ISM's!! lol I'm going cross-eyed reading this damn thread

[rkaiser]

Don't blame us for the crossed eyes P-C,you've been cross eyed for years. Kinda pigeon toed as well; if I remember correctly.

Call me social leaning if you like Whitey, or read my post again as well as the last one by ivbinconned.

In fact, read my very first post on the thread. I wish that capitalism and the greed of individuals was more a reality than the left leaning mutinational welfare world in which we live.

That rich thing is relative anywhoo. Haven't enjoyed life as much as I have for the last couple of months in years. How much money do we need to enjoy layin in the pasture trying to get your bulls tamed down a bit?

[cowman]

I will admit there is some wisdom in what Ivebinconned and Randy have said? I'm not sure if there is a solution or not? I suspect we've gone too far down that road for much to change, but hey you boys go at her!
Randy: You lay out in your fields? You tie ribbons on your cows? Do the neighbors consider you a wee bit eccentric? LOL

[cowman]

grassfarmer: I agree that both Cargill and Tyson got a sweetheart deal that wasn't offered to the domestic packers! In part it forced Canada Packers and Burns to fold! Again the government picking winners and losers?
I am actually glad that the government didn't put a lot of money into "producer owned" plants? For one reason...they wouldn't have worked. I truly don't think anyone can compete with the Cargills of this world...and why throw good money after bad?
The fact is Cargill is very good at what they do and without a different set of rules would run out a rooky competitor with no problem? It really is a tough and dirty business and "producer plants" have a poor track record? The Fletchers hog plant would be a good example?

[coppertop]

I am certainly not claiming to be an expert on producer owned packing plants but with so many producer owned plant iniatives being proposed it would have been difficult to cherry pick which ones the government should have supported.

I have heard a rumor that the government is considering some kid of proposal regarding biofuel, and it will be interesting to see if there are government dollars proposed for that sort of initiative.

[rkaiser]

Cowman asks ---Randy: You lay out in your fields? You tie ribbons on your cows? Do the neighbors consider you a wee bit eccentric? LOL

Actually cowman - rkaiser is my alter ego --- I even found a picture of some cowboy and his wife and put it up on my fake website.

I am really a clone who can't get out of my position as a Cagill backing, chemical spraying, fertilizing fool who is too scared to change. Thus the alter ego rkaiser thing to make me sleep at night.

[whiteface]

I've always loved words, Randy as you know. I liked your use of "clone" just now which we all know you are not (thank God!) Isn't that an ~SH~ word? How are you two boys been getting along lately. He smarten up any yet? Or getting all of you as "smart" as him? Have a good day all!