"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Some Piggies Are More 'Equal' Than Others: International Fat Cat Edition
Submitted by A. Magnus on Wed, 2014-03-26 00:00
"How Australia’s richest person, mining heiress Gina Rinehart, secured a $US694 million ($764 million) loan from American taxpayers is surely one of the great ironies of the capitalist system, reports The Australian Financial Review. The case is the latest example of a flaw in the United States political economy: what some see as crony capitalism." Gee...ya THINK?
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There is a Libertarian website here falling over themselves in praise of the virtues of Gina Reinhardt and her late father Lang Hancock. This confirms that my incredulity was not misplaced!