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JHB

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4. Oh, that sort of stuff started before Romney. He was a middling player.

Reply to sandensea (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 15, 2018, 07:33 PM

Mar 2018

This kind of financial game-playing had become clear while still under Poppy Bush.

I've started to wonder just how much of the ire about NAFTA is actually due to the sort of tax laws and lack of regulation that lets that sort of "grab the controls and suck it dry" takeovers (and attendant closures and job losses) flourish.

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Amazon didn't kill Toys 'R' Us. Here's what did [View all] PatrickforO Mar 2018 OP

A Romney/Paul Singer-style bust-out sandensea Mar 2018 #1

Oh, that sort of stuff started before Romney. He was a middling player. JHB Mar 2018 #4

private equity firms also buy up KT2000 Mar 2018 #9

...and have since Reagan. JHB Mar 2018 #11

yes - it has been going on KT2000 Mar 2018 #16

See my post below, #12. Note the date on the series mentioned... JHB Mar 2018 #17

Yup - a PE firm bought Aladdin (Thermos bottles etc) in 2002 dbackjon Mar 2018 #19

I believe the preferred phrase is "under-performing"... JHB Mar 2018 #22

Sure. I'm old enough to remember Eastern Airlines, PanAm, and some of KKR's hijinks. sandensea Mar 2018 #21

Bain destroyed Kb toys in the exact same manner. elehhhhna Mar 2018 #14

Nailed it! JHB Mar 2018 #2

Romney the Vulture Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #3

"A" vulture, note "the" vulture. JHB Mar 2018 #6

Romney the Grinch! Crash2Parties Mar 2018 #23

Wonder how much was in the pension fund.... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #18

As soon as I saw the headline this morning, I immediately RandomAccess Mar 2018 #5

Like the Koch brothers, Bain is important but don't fixate on them... JHB Mar 2018 #7

And look at what OTHER Bain vulture buy just went bankrupt this week too BumRushDaShow Mar 2018 #8

words from the not so distant past.... paleotn Mar 2018 #10

This seems like a good time to repost this from last September... JHB Mar 2018 #12

When private equity comes in Politicub Mar 2018 #13

So it's a series of things. Igel Mar 2018 #15

LOL. Ah but I'm a democratic socialist and despise capitalism, particularly PatrickforO Mar 2018 #20

Locking.... DonViejo Mar 2018 #24