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11 months ago
in Blogging's Dead, Long Live Blogging on A VC
I'll give you $50 and 5 jars of homemade tomato sauce for it.
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fredwilson
How good is your tomato sauce?
1 year ago
in Marc Andreessen on Obama on A VC
Here come the tax increases! Oh let's pay to regulate the internet too! How much do you think it would cost to visit fredwilson.com? I'd pay $1 I guess. No offense Fred...but maybe if you had a babe of the day I'd pay more.
SOCIALISM DOESN'T WORK FRED!! Maybe you should change the name to A VENTURE SOCIALIST? Coz a bigger government doesnt help capitalists. Well maybe it helps the corporate welfare folk like the neocons have been doing for the last 8 years.
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I still love you, but you are killing me slowly.
SOCIALISM DOESN'T WORK FRED!! Maybe you should change the name to A VENTURE SOCIALIST? Coz a bigger government doesnt help capitalists. Well maybe it helps the corporate welfare folk like the neocons have been doing for the last 8 years.
http://www.knowbeforeyouvote.com
I still love you, but you are killing me slowly.
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fredwilson
Hockeydino
I don't see myself as a pure capitalist. I do believe in some aspects of socialism. I am a fan of public education, public health care, public transportation, etc
Free markets don't always work.
Fred
I don't see myself as a pure capitalist. I do believe in some aspects of socialism. I am a fan of public education, public health care, public transportation, etc
Free markets don't always work.
Fred
1 year ago
in The "Obama Republican" on A VC
Obama and Hillary? Please...they are both two peas in a pod - liberal socialists. Most of the republicans in the race arent that far behind. They support the status quo. No way in hell I would support those two. Who cares if they are good speakers? Heck imagine listening to Hillary's annoying voice for 4years ....shoot me now.
If you haven't heard , the state of Michigan's house and senate have been in session all week day and night, because the state is about to shut down. Yes, government offices will shut down, and thousands of employees have been told not to come to work. Not to mention all the services everyone seems to want/need will be closed - state parks, casinos, secretary of state office etc. Real nice. How did the state get in this mess? Because the republicans preserved the status quo of the democrats increasing the size of govt. Throw in the fact the private sector leaves left and right (Auto industry etc), there is no reason to do business in Michigan anymore. 68,000 people left the state last year. That's an entire football stadium leaving, and that's without even an App St. win!
New York liberals really have me baffled. You sit on one of the most important cities in the world that could really spur economic growth more than it has, then you support people that want to stifle your business and progress.
There's a few republicans that make sense. Ron Paul makes the most sense. It is a step backwards to limit government? It's a step forward, because more businesses will bring opportunities to research, invest, and spend. If I am getting taxed less, I am going to invest and spend more. Do you see how that works? It's very simple. The more you tax me ( Hillary & Obama) the less money I am going to have to buy all your applications you tout every day. It would be better if I had more money to buy your applications, thus your ventures would be valued more. You could then make more money, give more to charity, invest in really cool businesses, and the world would be a bettter place. The have nots would have more! Now isnt that what liberals really want deep down?
Come on people. Don't vote or support someone just because Tim Russert wants them in the race. Vote on the values this country was founded on - less government, and more personal freedom. I won't be jumping off this soap box anytime soon.
If you haven't heard , the state of Michigan's house and senate have been in session all week day and night, because the state is about to shut down. Yes, government offices will shut down, and thousands of employees have been told not to come to work. Not to mention all the services everyone seems to want/need will be closed - state parks, casinos, secretary of state office etc. Real nice. How did the state get in this mess? Because the republicans preserved the status quo of the democrats increasing the size of govt. Throw in the fact the private sector leaves left and right (Auto industry etc), there is no reason to do business in Michigan anymore. 68,000 people left the state last year. That's an entire football stadium leaving, and that's without even an App St. win!
New York liberals really have me baffled. You sit on one of the most important cities in the world that could really spur economic growth more than it has, then you support people that want to stifle your business and progress.
There's a few republicans that make sense. Ron Paul makes the most sense. It is a step backwards to limit government? It's a step forward, because more businesses will bring opportunities to research, invest, and spend. If I am getting taxed less, I am going to invest and spend more. Do you see how that works? It's very simple. The more you tax me ( Hillary & Obama) the less money I am going to have to buy all your applications you tout every day. It would be better if I had more money to buy your applications, thus your ventures would be valued more. You could then make more money, give more to charity, invest in really cool businesses, and the world would be a bettter place. The have nots would have more! Now isnt that what liberals really want deep down?
Come on people. Don't vote or support someone just because Tim Russert wants them in the race. Vote on the values this country was founded on - less government, and more personal freedom. I won't be jumping off this soap box anytime soon.
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Henry Jones
You have all the information you need and yet it still doesn't click. Liberalism is the very origin of our economic system. It's about cutting out unnecessary interference, and not prejudging things you know too little about. If you think liberalism is about taxes, you've been sold a bad bill of goods. All the major economic centres in the country are liberal. Why? Because open minds and an energy to get things done go hand in hand. This is why the truly brilliant business heads, like Warren Buffett and George Soros, are liberals, while the ones who rely on corporate welfare are conservative.
