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Asheville “progressives” (socialists, leftists, communists, whatever…) will thoroughly enjoy the magazine’s unapologetic commentary on the value of free-market capitalsism unfettered by government regulation. The magazine also attacks the pending CAFE standards which demand higher fuel efficiency for American motor vehicles (at the cost of safety).
Enjoy!!!
Fifty thousand readers?? FIFTY? THOUSAND? If that is being promoted as anything less than a ten-year goal, I’d say this is magazine should be called Truth At Play.
Are there more than 50,000 people in those counties with personal income over $35,000? And they say over half of those readers will be in the $60,000 – $250,000 range. Really? There are 25,000 people here pulling in $60,000 per year? I guess there’s a magical gated community who’s walls I haven’t peered over yet.
This is the Asheville Tribune, isn’t it?
Asheville “progressives” (socialists, leftists, communists, whatever…) will thoroughly enjoy the magazine’s unapologetic commentary on the value of free-market capitalsism (sic) unfettered by government regulation…
…and other assorted fairy tales.
Are you kidding us? Capitalism is dead. The obituary:
“The biggest banks are 20 percent larger than they were before the crisis and control a larger part of our economy than ever. They reasonably assume that the government will rescue them again, if necessary. Indeed, credit rating agencies incorporate future government bailouts into their assessments of the largest banks, exaggerating market distortions that provide them with an unfair advantage over smaller institutions, which continue to struggle.”
This from Neil Barofsky, George W. Bush’s choice to oversee the TARP program. He wrote this upon his resignation in March of this year.
Do you get it? The largest financial institutions have now publicly and unapologetic-ally changed their business practices in anticipation of being bailed out by the taxpayers, again. America is not operating under a Capitalist system, and it never truly has.
Your “free-market capitalism unfettered by government regulation” is a fantasy, like “Star Trek” or “Atlas Shrugged”. But hey, if you have a good puzzles page, you may sell a few copies.
Good luck.