"...The one thing that actually works, state run communism a bit– may not be your cup of tea, but their government works."
-Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman, General Electric, on China
Charlie Rose interview, Bloomberg television
Dec. 10, 2012
Thomas Edison was the founder of Edison General Electric, precursor to the GE we know today.
From 1878 Edison was backed financially by J.P. Morgan. Edison was into the capitalism thing in a big way.
Via the Washington Free Beacon
See also:
How Socialism Works in China: Money, power and politics
Jeff "Moving to China" Immelt Wises Up, Decides the U.S. is Okay for Manufacturing
China and GE's Immelt Sympathise with #OccupyWallStreet
Can't stop laughing, hypoxia encroaching, may black out....General Electric: "Immelt hits out at China and Obama" (GE)
...Sooo... China is down with protesting, just not in Tiananmen and the guy who just sent GE's medical imaging division to China, the head of the President's Jobs Council, about as close to a crony capitalist as you'd care to get, one of the largest recipients of government assistance in 2008-09, he sympathises?
As I said earlier (and ran through the GE bailout numbers/programs):
Too Funny: "GE Capital CEO "sympathetic" to Wall Street protests"Okay, I can breathe again.
Have you ever pulled high G's and had that tunnel vision thing...
