Bush: Don't disturb capitalism

[DogPoundPup]

Source: Daily Press

NEW YORK - Don't blame capitalism, President George W. Bush is telling the world. And don't cramp it with too many new rules.Bush fervently defended U.S.-style free enterprise Thursday as the cure for the world's financial chaos, not the cause. He warned foreign leaders ahead of a weekend summit not to crush global growth with restrictive regulations.

"We must recognize that government intervention is not a cure-all," Bush said from Wall Street, setting his own tone for the two-day meeting that begins today in Washington seeking solutions to the economic crisis that has spread around the world. "Our aim should not be more government. It should be smarter government."

The president acknowledged that governments share the blame for the severe economic troubles that have hit banks, homes and whole countries.

He spelled out his prescription, which includes tougher accounting rules and more modern international financial institutions. But he stopped short of the tighter oversight and regulation that European leaders want. All his ideas came with a warning: Don't disturb capitalism.

Read more: http://www.dailypress.com/business/dp-biz_bushsummit_1114nov14,0,2757333.story

[Unvanguard]

1. Then don't bail them out, either.

:eyes:

[begin_within]

15. Thank you

I was about to post that.

[Devil_Fish]

43. yup, a bail out would definitely disturb capitalism.

Let GM die. let wall street fail. fuck the banks too. Bush bent the system over and raped us long enough. how about bail out the foreclosed home owners, or Galveston.

[PittPoliSci]

2. dumbass.

shut up, go away already.

[tech3149]

22. Junior is too dumb to STFU and go away

He's been bailed out or helped along all his life. I don't think he has the capability to understand capitalist economic theory and why what we have now is anything but. It's really sad when a privileged but supremely stupid person can be selected to run what should be the strongest nation in the world. Unfortunately, I think I'll be long gone by the time we correct all the screw ups of the last few decades.
I don't know how long I'll last, but I hope that all you DU mavens will remember and pass it on that the problem isn't Junior Bush, it's all those geniuses that think that taking rules and regulations from financial markets will do anything but blow up in your face.

[truthisfreedom]

3. "Do not Disturb"??? What, is captialism sleeping? The economy thinks so.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

[EconomicLiberal]

4. What a moran.

Has he seen his own administration's record?

[Skittles]

5. yes - there is still much more for them to rip off

:puke:

[bluestateguy]

6. Capitalism disturbed millions of Americans for the last few years

Now it's time for New Deal 2.0.

[Ilsa]

18. Yep. Our "wealth" was re-distributed to the upper crust over the last 8 years. nt

[ixion]

7. don't disturb us, don't cramp us... just give us your money.

:eyes: Piss off chimpy.

[704wipes]

8. What a 'tard

nt

[midnight]

9. I've come to the conclusion that capitlism is the term used by

the wealthy when they can make money off of the slaves, and when they can't we are to extend them welfare, tax payer money, with no strings, and or questions asked.

[unkachuck]

10. don't blame capitalism?

....what do we blame for our economic crisis? Socialism? Communism?

....sorry bushy, last time I checked, it was a capitalist system that has collapsed around us....

[klyon]

53. Bush and his cronies will never admit that they have done anything wrong

or that their philosophy is failed. They seem to think we have not set capitalism free enough, that we need less regulation and more free markets around the world even if we have to starve, kill and impoverish everyone to do it. Until we admit what has happened and look to labor by creating good paying jobs and get rid of this Friedman thinking, it will only get worse. The republicans are planning to disrupt and derail every plan that the new administration comes up with. In other words more of the same old same old.

[kenny blankenship]

11. Let it Rest In Peace?

I don't get it. This is the guy who ran to Congress and said we have to subsidize all the banks in this country or else, so where does he get off?

Free Market Capitalism and any facsimile thereof became extinct the night Bush went on TV and explained that all the little people had to join together to save the nation's financial position from an imminent & annihilating catastrophe. Free Market Capitalism is dead. Do not invoke or attempt to conjure up its ghost from the Great Beyond.

[Xipe Totec]

13. I was thinking the same thing!

Boy, chimpie sure knows his way around words, and he always goes around them.

[Warren Stupidity]

12. Warren Stupidity: "shut the fuck up".

[MikeNearMcChord]

14. Jesus,when will January 20th come?

[NOW tense]

16. DUMBEST! PRESIDENT! EVER!

[UpInArms]

17. stuuupid freaktard - can he quit embarrassing us yet?

free marketeers that want to continue to rape the world need to go and STFU and rot off and die horrible painful deaths with their lousy worn out non-workable dogmas

[brentspeak]

19. "But the crisis was not a failure of the free market system."

So tell us, genius, what was the cause of the complete collapse of the global financial apparatus?

[fishwax]

20. not a failure, just a natural result

I'm sure that's what dubya meant :rofl:

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

38. It is a natural result of our actions ever since the rule of Saint Ronald

Deregulate with you eyes closed and hope for the best.

Do away with the Fairness Doctrine, so the people are swamped with corporate propaganda masquerading as news.

And so it goes. . .

[nebenaube]

30. So tell us, genius, what was the cause of the complete collapse of the global financial apparatus

George Bush and stupid rich fucks...

[brentspeak]

39. Just to clarify, I was quoting Bush from the article and responding to him

My post wasn't directed at the OP.

[nebenaube]

44. Neither was mine...

It was addressed to the fucking chimp! Hmm, what brand of barbecue sauce goes best with the wealthy?

[LynnTheDem]

21. yeah, coz the bush regime still has time for more looting.

Fuck off, bush.

[diane in sf]

23. WHAT a maroon. Or is that Moran...

[Fovea]

24. George Bush, last Aztec priest.

Major Domo of the Japanese Imperial palace, 1945.
Personal Secretary of Nicolas the Second.

Patron Saint of all tasks both Sisyphean and unnecessary.
Sit down, George, and start playing 'nearer my god to thee.'

[trthnd4jstc]

25. Democratic Socialism is 240 million times better than Capitalism.

Capitalism only helps 20% of the population, the rest of us suffer and struggle. Their system is evil, selfish, small-minded, and doomed to cause death and destruction of the majority, while the top get to live their country club lives on the sweat and pain of the rest of us. It is highly ironic that Christianity is claimed to be the religion of the Majority of those in power, and there is absolutely nothing christian about capitalism.

[foxfeet]

26. American capitalism is disturbed enough as it is.

[defendandprotect]

27. And, especially, don't notice that unregulated capitalism is simply organized crime ...!!!!

Dennis Kucinich pretty much said that today --!!

[jaybeat]

28. Don't disturb capitalism--'cause it's working so well!

So well, that is, at robbing you peons BLIND!

Bush fervently defended U.S.-style free enterprise Thursday as the cure for the world's financial chaos, not the cause.

OK, shithead, I'll bite. What IS the cause? Too MUCH government regulation?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I've got an idea. Let's starve the banks, hedge funds, brokers, derivatives managers and corporate lobbyists--maybe we can shrink them down so they are small enough to drown them in the bathtub. Along with a few of their friends...

[hangman86]

29. So it's "smarter" government you want?

Well sorry dipshit, a smarter government still doesn't include you, your policies, or your wingnut base. Since when have you and the word smart even been used in the same sentence? As for Capitalism, I'm pretty sure it's the main cause of our weakened middle class, job losses, and increased poverty, but if it'll make you feel better I'll just blame you for all that too. :mad:

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

31. Hate is a powerful word,

but it's the only one I can think of to describe my feelings about Bush (that is without letting fly with a string of obscenities).

[gtar100]

32. Who would listen to this asshat? He's ruined everything he's ever been in charge of.

He still rides on the coattails of his position as president. But he's been nothing but a dangerous fool. And he's still working his magic on us until we wrench the controls from his grubby fists.

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[gulliver]

34. "My Fellow Republicans and I did that, and look what happened!"

...continued Bush. "All of us must recognize that putting a great decision maker like me in charge of the world's largest economy is bound to have an effect. U.S.-style free enterprise is just one of the many U.S.-style things I was able to disturb."

"But I would be remiss if I did not share the credit with my fellow Republicans and our Republican way of doing things. Our party's commitment to limited government was tried to its fullest extent during my years in the White House. I'm proud to say that we Republicans practiced not only 'limited government', but 'nothing government.' Indeed, we Republicans even practiced 'negative government.' And I can't tell you how proud I, the beloved 43rd President of the former World's Greatest Country, am of our Republican accomplishments."

[POAS]

35. Read my lips: F.U. George

[goforit]

36. Capitalism??? Capitalism is destroying itself with your total deregulation crap.

[Zorra]

37. What a moran. Calling the little fella "Chimpy" is a compliment to him,

and an insult to chimps everywhere. Chimps are too smart to repeat the same mistake over and over and expect a different result.

[Dukkha]

40. uh, nobody cares what you think anymore

did you give that press conference to Barney?

[Runcible Spoon]

41. WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CAPITALISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!(&(*_

"smarter government" is irony LOST ON THIS MAN!?

go fuck yourself, you evil, heartless little shitsmear. (Bush, not the OP!)

[olddad56]

42. Is there any part of the American way of life that this prick hasn't disturbed

Don't disturb capitalism, as he bails oit his friends and nationalized the banks.

[leftstreet]

45. Capitalism Sucks

[Vidar]

46. US style capitalism is a mixture between corporate feudalism & state-sanctioned piracy.

[fascisthunter]

54. fascism

[elleng]

47. As usual,

he got it completely wrong. But that's because its what his friends want: NO CHANGES NOW!

We need immediate ENFORCEMENT of existing laws and regulations; if the rest of the world wants to think about the future, let them bake that pie in the sky.

[Zorro]

48. Bush in Race against Time to Wreck Country

"Confounding the conventional wisdom that he is a lame duck president with no agenda as his days in office dwindle, President George W. Bush is redoubling his efforts to mutilate the country before his term expires, aides confirmed today..."

http://www.borowitzreport.com/

[paparush]

49. Please get this MORAN off of the world stage..as quickly as possible.

[undeterred]

50. And don't bother Santa Claus this year either... he's on sabbatical.

[happydreams]

51. Even if it disturbs us? What ever happened to fair play?

:shrug:

"more modern international financial institutions"? What the fuck does that mean?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

52. Shut up shut up shut up you evil incompetent ass.

Just. Shut. Up.

[SOS]

55. Wall Street committed suicide

All his ideas came with a warning: Don't disturb the corpse.