Comments on: Are consumers and businesses enemies?

By: Stewart Peterson

Stewart Peterson — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:05:34 +0000

What people really don’t get in the United States is that an economy is a system, not a way for Big Evil Corporations to exploit people. I would go so far as to say that there aren’t “sides” to be enemies or otherwise–there shouldn’t even be a distinction drawn between consumers and businesses, as it’s almost impossible to be one and not the other at the same time.

By: Richard Blaine

Richard Blaine — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:05:49 +0000

“Am I wrong to believe that businesses and consumers are natural enemies in that their economic interests are diametrically opposed?”

Yes, you are quite wrong. And very much deluded. You obviously a product of, and a victim of, Government Schools.

You should sue!

By: Melvin

Melvin — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:39:43 +0000

Joe–“Smoking Gun” is a different website, I think! 🙂

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:27:05 +0000

Treating the costumer right is required by firms that desire permanence. Fly-by-night insurance companies, for example, can undercut good firms, take out profits, and then go belly up when their business matures. Thus the state regulates insurance companies. But it is not to protect consumers, it is to protect good companies from unscrupulous competition and, to some extent, gaming by the public.

Of course you can not regulate both price and quantity, and lowery insurance prices will lower total payouts, or speed of payouts.

By: Joe Bingham

Joe Bingham — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:03:14 +0000

I’m pretty sure WO’s comment is a “smoking gun” proving that he knew he owed DN and TF overtime, family-leave, and meal-break, and denied them even the barest income as a way of ducking those responsibilities.

Big, big mistake.

By: Joe Bingham

Joe Bingham — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:00:04 +0000

D’oh!

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:49:29 +0000

Yes, “the bourgeoise” means “the bourgeois lady” which even my more severe critics will concede I am not.

If I paid Ted and David anything, they would soon find a way to nail me for overtime, family-leave and meal-break infractions. They are very talented lawyers and I am not a lawyer at all.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:38:03 +0000

Except it’s “bourgeoisie” in this context.

By: Joe Bingham

Joe Bingham — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:27:33 +0000

A spectre is haunting America: the spectre of exploited-blogger class-action…

No longer will we generate free ad revenues for the bourgeoise!

(full disclosure: yes, I looked up the spelling of “bourgeoise.”)

By: Seth

Seth — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:12:43 +0000

“…David and I are unpaid labor because Walter controls the means of production.”

Bloggers of the world, unite and break your chains!