Comments by "BaltimoreAndOhioRR" (@BaltimoreAndOhioRR) on "Trump Supposedly Chooses Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State" video.

  1. Tellthetruth Excellent point!!! I don't understand all the people who think trump has to appoint no-name hourly blue collar workers to every one of the highest positions in the land, just to make good on his drain the swamp philosophy. To get the best people, of course he will have to use prior military heads, and corporate CEOs, and Wall Street workers. They are the best of the best at what they do!!! Draining the swamp means getting rid of the mentality in Washington to appoint people just because it's their turn, or they're old friends, or huge campaign contributors. It also means holding these appointees accountable for their performance. Firing and replacing them if they under perform, or are found to be inept or corrupt (almost everyone in the Obama admin). That's what draining the swamp is about. It's not about "nobody whoever worked on Wall Street can be in my admin." Same thing for CEOs. Like you said, if they did good by their stockholders, hopefully they would do good by the American public - for whom they are now working!
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  2. Yeah, it's really getting old that all these moronic commenters think that Every. Single. Person. Whoever , ever , worked in any kind of job even remotely connected to "Wall Street" , is automatically a corrupt, incompetent, crook who was responsible for the recession and stealing from every citizen. That attitude is one for a very simplistic brain, and it seems like these kinds of people have flooded the Internet.
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  3. Less regulations, lower production costs, and lower taxes, helps everybody. It's Infinitely better than overly burdensome regulations, high production costs, and high taxes. As a matter of fact, those are pretty much the exact reasons why so many businesses and manufacturing jobs have left this country!
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  4. Der Kerder you have no idea what you're talking about. You sound like you're trying to advocate, or are at least in favor of, unions (socialism). Again, a prime example of exactly why this country is in the shape it's in now. When a company has to pay 10 workers a high wage to do what 5 workers at a medium or lower wage could do, and would do better because they can get fired, not to mention all the other costly benefits and work rules union workers suck from the company, then naturally that company will build a higher cost, inferior product compared to a non Union company, and in order to survive will have to move out of the country. (Govt rules and regulations play a role also) Using your way of reasoning, we'd all be better off if the govt just gave everyone a million dollars. That way we'd all be rich "customers". It doesn't work that way. Free enterprise and capitalism has proven to work the best, but our form of it has been heavily distorted and choked due to overbearing rules and regulations.
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  5. Der Kerder funny you mention ford. The reason he brought the auto to the masses, and made it affordable, was that he used the precursor to automation. If it wasn't for automation, all cars would cost what rolls royces or some lesser, but still expensive, brands cost. With the same reliability:-( Yes, a perfect company would be fully automated with no workers. There would still be workers getting paid for doing mechanical repairs, advertising, deliveries, etc... Accountants for controlling all the money. There will always be jobs. Personal trainers. Artists, things that can't be automated. I guess you would have been against the light bulb, or electricity, because it would put the candlemakers out of business?!!
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  6. Der Kerder I don't care about Greece. Greece is not the us. You can spew your micro economic insults, but at the end of the day, American business is stifled by high taxes and over regulation. Less taxes and less regulation will help our economy and our country. It's almost a 99% certainty!
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  7. +trmblingblustar Obviously written by someone who has never started, never run, or never worked in a business in a position high enough to deal with rules & regulations. Or not smart enough to figure it out.
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  8. trmblingblustar I meant a real business, not selling lemonade when you were a kid. If you don't think rules and regulations and the accompanying red tape is hurting and slowing our economy, you don't have a clue about business or economics. Something that just popped in my mind, as sort of an example, is the desperately needed second bay bridge here in Maryland. It's been talked about for years, and several preliminary studies have been made concerning where to put it and the costs, etc.... Basically it's never gotten past that stage due to all the environmental red tape. It's said that even if it got the ok, construction couldn't even begin for many years due to environmental studies that would have to take place, and numerous other legal obstacles. Of course all of this would add millions to the cost of the taxpayers. That's just one quick example. There are millions of other instances where a business did not or could not expand or build due to govt regulations. Many small businesses purposely keep their employee count under 50 to keep from the gift requirements. There are literally thousands of common examples of how govt rules encourage businesses not to expand. Also, a lot of time and money that could be going into research and development, or more employees, better manufacturing plants, or other improvements, now goes into compliance. By the way, who are the so called "owners" you mention?
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  9. Nope. This country has finally woken up to progressivism, liberalism, and democrat party rule.....it has died, and we won't see it again unless it changes dramatically. It doesn't help your cause , either, to see how that whole group of delusional fools has been acting since its loss. 😆
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