Mitt Romney: American Parasite

[Nancy Waterman]

http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-04-18/news/Mitt-Romney-american-parasite/

A brutal take down of Romney's vulture capitalism.

[Jim__]

1. American scumbag is what I'd call him.

[jsr]

2. He sure left a lot of human wreckage in his wake

[Live and Learn]

3. Imagine what he would do to the country if he got his hands on it. nt

[Hydra]

5. We don't have to imagine

Wall St. has been allowed to do all of this for years, he'll just speed it up.

[Hydra]

4. I'm glad people are talking about this

Because the low info voters are like "He's a genius!"

I tell them he's a thief and a welfare queen, and they just shrug.

We worship the wrong god here in America.

[Cha]

6. Thanks for this, Nancy..A couple of snips from your link..

But the beauty of Romney's thesis was that it really didn't matter if the company succeeded. Because he was yanking out cash early and often, he would profit even if his targets collapsed.

Which was precisely the fate awaiting Georgetown Steel.

Yet Romney didn't learn his lesson. He seemed incapable of noticing that his brand of "creative destruction" left a lot of human wreckage in its wake. Or that voters might see him as more scumbag than saint.

[SheilaT]

7. Many more people need to read this.

And there need to be more ads showing exactly the destruction Romney brought about.

[Submariner]

8. Any DU'ers corporate lawyers?

This story is sickening. There must be a way to sue Romney and Bain for world class vulturing and incompetence and get the millions back to those pensioners, etc. Statute of limitations be damned!

It would take years in court, but it would be worth it to put this so-called fucking church Bishop in hock up to his ears. Mitt probably taught this stealing crap to his 5 sons who are also vulture capitalists, so this shit will continue as long as that cesspool of a Romney gene pool thrives.

[hue]

9. This article describes the basis for Rmoney's "success"/wealth d/t his parasitic practices.

He (Romney) hasn't changed one bit--in fact he continues to deteriorate morally--if that's possible.
It is imperative that he not be elected as president as he will not/cannot morph into someone who is good for our country.

[99th_Monkey]

10. I'm boycotting Village Voice just now: "Bain of Alternative news", and you should too.

IMHO

This is according to Tom Tomorrow, who I trust on this one.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014257753

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Then read it here...

http://redphish-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/13/12730119-mitt-romney-american-parasite
or here
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2012-04-18/news/mitt-romney-american-parasite/
or here
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2012-04-19/news/mitt-romney-american-parasite/
or here
http://wealthshare.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/mitt-romney-american-parasite/
or hear
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31153.htm

Eye opening

[99th_Monkey]

13. Very eye opening. thanks for the links. ~nt

[littlemissmartypants]

11. Illustration by Dan Andreasen.

[Quantess]

15. Nice!

[Brigid]

14. Wow. Just wow. A true must-read for everyone.

It needs a thousand recs. This is especially true for anyone who thinks Marx was exaggerating when he called the Romney types "parasites." This piece is the most lucid description of the destructiveness of the vulture class I have ever seen.

And be sure to check out the comments, especially JCSF's about what he/she calls "peak capitalism. ". It's the fifth one down. Great stuff.