Friday, January 13, 2012

Vulture Capitalism

Vultures, we understand, are nature's useful dead flesh eaters. They soar high in a blue California sky, occasionally joined by their even larger cousins, the condors. I don't know if they are protected, but I would never harm one. They perch near the dying, then consume the carrion, recycling the calories, leaving behind nothing but bones and a little skin. Also I would never take a turkey vulture home because they stink of rotting meat and death.

Mitty Romney devoted his short working life to running up his inherited wealth, perching near companies in trouble, selling off their assets, taking out huge loans, then eating the dying companies, leaving behind only skin and bones. In some cases this sort of thing is probably needed in a capitalist economy. Maybe its useful. It's legal. But you wouldn't make a vulture President--he stinks of death.

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