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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/business/ben-heineman-railroad-executive-and-johnson-adviser-dies-at-98.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Obama could learn a thing or 2 from this guy's life. Not to demonize business and business people and try and create class warfare. [/quote]

I love someone who holds up a person they never heard of as a supporter of their side.

I don't think you know squat about this man except that you like the idea of a pipe smoking railroad turnaround exec.  In fact he helped create the Uniform Commercial Code, probably one of the longest pieces of federal regulation of its day.  He worked in the Office of Price Administration (yup, where the government dictated prices of goods!), he was on a White House Commission on Civil Rights, a President's Commission on Income Maintenance Program (yup, welfare!)  His wife was a big advocate for welfare services.  And his legacy is carried on by his son, Ben Jr, who wrote in the Atlantic, "Only Government Intervention Can Stop Corrupt Capitalism"  http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/07/only-government-intervention-can-stop-corrupt-capitalism/259687/   and a book "High Performance with High Integrity".

So if you are saying you wish miss open minded business people who could think about the good of the nation instead of their pure personal interest, I have to agree.  And if we had more of these guys, we wouldn't be talking about "class warfare" because there would be no war.  We would have captains of industry working to solve the nation's problems, hand in hand with government.  Like the old days.[/quote]

Hahaha!  PP, the Uniform Commercial Code is STATE legislation.  It largely facilitates paper transactions, engaging in lending, and FORECLOSING on debt.  You trying to paint Ben Heineman as some sort of commie?  He wasn't.  
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