No 'Anti-Obama Small-Business Bailout,' Please

During past 10-15 years of "global economic" reform and "free trade" our Feds and financial clans have been successfully working on conversion of our system into monopolistic body with socialistic engine. They wanted to give birth to an ugly mutant and they did it. I call the new system Mastrubism, or you give it your name. It's partly socialism due to high spending on people at the bottom and free huge money for selected by government leading giants/companies in their industries. This reminds me Soviet Union/USSR a lot. We used to have full government control of all industries starting with manufacturing, then distribution to warehouses and ending with large government controlled chains of small and large stores/retailers. That basically what's going on now slowly but surely here in USA. Government taking over large giants by borrowing them fresh printed money which costs government almost nothing. This is hidden type of step-by-step privatization of these formerly privately own chains. This is why government was demolishing our normal capitalistic economy starting from 1970 by almost uncontrolled import of import cars and other products and making local manufacturers go out of business. It started with manufacturers, then professionals such as programmers and engineers in 2000 and up. Then the most deadly hit was introducing and empowering by credits and patronage "small business killer chains" like Walmart, Kmart, HomeDepot, Lowe's, Staples, Target, BestBuy, Sears, Marshals, Liquidator, Ikea, etc. They all say to us "Save More, Live Better" or "More Saving, More Doing". Oh yes! However what they not telling us, that we eventually will close most of our small businesses operated by us, our family members, friends, neighbors, etc. Who will benefit from buying from these stores? Mostly people in need who are on government assistance, people with stable jobs with stable companies, government employees, and similar individuals. If you have more money then you can spend per month you will survive without going to this kind of large stores which are basically working for government now. The goal here is to socialize the retail industry by slowly and surely killing small independent retailers with "price beating"/ "wholesale to public" concepts and tools. Who is wining here? Nobody, but government and its direct investors/clans. What it does to our Capitalism and USA market? It kills it. The first rule of Capitalism is to protect small businesses and local manufacturers from monopolists in their industries. There are has to be no blood sucking giants, if we want to preserve healthy capitalism and its creative spirit. Government was created to protect small businesses from giant monopolies and uncontrolled imports. It failed to do so and sold its soul to clans. Every smart and talented small business owner knows that it's impossible to fight a wholesale to public giant, and most of businesses give up to fight or just not being given new births anymore.

AC of NY 4:41AM July 19, 2009

Enough said!

Leo Jungblut of CA 8:13PM July 14, 2009

Tim, it seems like you just procrastinated on your assignment and instead of writing something that makes sense, you just wrote some junk the night before it was due. (may not be the case, but certainly seems this way).

I don't want to make it sound like Cheng is the ultimate authority and has all the answers, but at least he offered help. Also I think he is sincere about what he is preaching. Personally, I think, he has some valid points. If you disagree, please, be specific on points of disagreement and provide some good evidence to back it up your opinioins not just a madman's angry and arrogant rant.

Overall, you attack was really unfair and, im my opinion, you at least owe an apology to Cheng.

Nick of CA 2:20PM July 12, 2009

Mr. Berry,

I find your attack on Victor Cheng to fall in the face of irreverance. First off, if you are going to call him out, put his name in there. Second, it seems to me that he is just trying to help small business owners AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. He is not asking for anything to download his book, not even a thank you. Maybe the book is great, maybe not, but at least he is offering something that he thinks might work to assist small businesses who are struggling through these tough economic times. I have heard Mr. Cheng speak and he has a very valid perspective on surviving and perhaps thriving through recession. I am interested in what you are offering up to assist small business owners during these times?

Jeff Dougan of CO 6:52PM July 11, 2009