tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366199.post5651788348819846811..comments2023-12-24T00:27:57.613-06:00Comments on Kole Hard Facts of Life: And I'm Santa Claus!Mike Kolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573721231319244630noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366199.post-35579933949532249622010-02-12T09:36:41.153-06:002010-02-12T09:36:41.153-06:00Exactly right. That's a limited sketch of thre...Exactly right. That's a limited sketch of three priorities. I expect that if we added 47 other priorities randomly, 'free market' would be rank anywhere from #48-50. <br /><br />And as to being pro-business, it's more like corporatist. Are they big businesses with huge lobbying efforts? Or, with huge unions attached to them? And best of all- big businesses with huge lobbying AND huge unions? Then they are Obama's kind of businesses.Mike Kolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573721231319244630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366199.post-34401596380659837072010-02-11T18:36:45.950-06:002010-02-11T18:36:45.950-06:00"Business friendly" and "free marke..."Business friendly" and "free market" aren't necessarily synonymous. He was willing to add to the deficit for bailouts but not for health care. Huge piles of cash went to businesses. <br /><br />So, that opens him up to allegations that he is more pro-business than he is pro-individual *and* to allegations that, despite being pro-business, he is not pro-free market. From that limited sketch, I'd put his priorities as: <br /><br />1. Business<br />2. Individual welfare<br />3. Free marketDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424730556609713021noreply@blogger.com