I’m a liberal capitalist. I believe very deeply in capitalism, but with rules and referees. Just like I don’t believe that football should be played without rules and referees, I don’t think that business should be played without rules and referees. The True Story of Capitalism But, there’s a nasty…
There’s a monumental case at the Supreme Court that has got me obsessed, bewitched, enraged and mildly despondent. Technically, it’s called Integrity Staffing v. Busk. It actually is Amazon v. Amazon’s warehouse workers. (Integrity Staffing is the subcontractor stooge hired by Amazon to employ its warehouse workers). After Amazon…
There is a growing problem in this country with the lack of accountability and the growing acceptance of a fuck-you-I-got-mine mentality among a certain class of men. It’s almost like the husband with a wife and kids at home who spends cash on booze, drugs and women, then blames his wife…
The NRA is Goliath. You’re David. Time to fight the giant. | Coco Soodek Live – 9/18
September 27, 2013
We have become a nation that loves the Goliath and no longer loves the David. We side with big business over the individual. Just look at guns. Most people want to avoid gun fights with background checks, waiting periods and a registry. But, big business wrapped inside the NRA…
Obamacare will ignite the startup world | Profit and Laws Radio Hour – September 4
September 9, 2013
The fight against Obamacare is getting dirty, and you are being tricked out of affordable, effective, healthcare. Americans have been trained to believe two ideas about health care: 1. The market will take care of you (if it’s profitable), and 2. You’re on your own. Is that what America…
Conformity Kills: A Response to Bobby Jindal’s End of Race
September 5, 2013
Over the weekend, Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, put out an op-ed telling people to drop their identities and subsume themselves into what he called, “The end of race.” He demanded that anyone who identifies with their tribe to knock it off and just become American. He said that…
We Need to See Things As They Really Are: Race and The War on the Middle Class | Profit and Laws Radio Hour – August 28
August 30, 2013
Last weekend, Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, put out an op ed telling people to drop their ethnic identifications and subsume themselves into America, as if recognizing your heritage diminishes your citizenship. He called his article the “End of Race.” Naive and silly, Jindal’s opinion spun on the tactics that…
The best thing you can do for America and yourself is invest in small business | Profit and Laws Radio Hour – August 21
August 26, 2013
If you aren’t investing in small businesses, then you aren’t investing in your future. The only future guaranteed by working for big companies is insecurity and daily sadness. And, those big companies have slaughtered the engine of America: family-owned businesses. Now, everything is a cubicle farm, a big box…