Reply #10: Yep. And they call it 'entrepreneurship' and 'free enterprise'. [View All]

Just like Boy George himself. He starts an oil company using money from Daddy's wealthy friends. Just as it is about to go under, it's bought by another one of Daddy's friends and he's appointed to the Board and given lots of stock. Just before THAT stock tanks, he uses inside information to sell and save himself several hundred thousand bucks (way way more than Martha Stewart saved). He uses that $1 million to buy a 10% interest in the Rangers which was worth $10 million (but discounted for the son of the Vice President, dontcha know). He then proceeds to have way more land condemned than is needed to build a new stadium, and converts the excess land into extremely profitable businesses, lofts, etc, making millions in extra profits, essentially stolen from the landowner whose property was unfairly condemned. The state sued Bush to recover his illegal profits and he stiffed the state, so taxpayers coughed up the money.

That's the Bush business model. Fail, get rescued. Use the government to steal. Make millions. Screw everybody else.

Look at the whole damned family. GHWB was a congressman, CIA chief, VP, and President. He's lived his life on a govt paycheck. His brother Jeb defaulted on a $1 million SBA loan before becoming governor. Neil Bush cost the govt $1 billion when he drove Silverado Bank bankrupt.

That doesn't even count the Carlyle Group money or who knows what else.

If you'd just cut the Bush family off from the government teat, we'd have a balanced budget in no time.