tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35527023.post116114366903618217..comments2023-05-22T11:02:57.378-05:00Comments on Webutante: Note from my DaughterWebutantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02909008993551106296noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35527023.post-1161372667490981042006-10-20T14:31:00.000-05:002006-10-20T14:31:00.000-05:00As the writer of the estate tax piece, I figured I...As the writer of the estate tax piece, I figured I should comment. I think we're mostly in agreement here. <BR/><BR/>Problems such as illness naturally mean more than my ability to watch videos online. Still, the argument applies. Another Forbes 400 member (Patrick Soon-Shiong) has developed a drug for his company (American Pharmaceutical Partners) that will fight cancer in a new, and innovative way. Essentially Abraxane will be inserted into cancerous cells, but will carry with it a "Trojan Horse" of sorts. The cancerous cells will move to the drug, but within it is a cancer killer that will kill the cells. <BR/><BR/>Importantly, it is access to capital that makes these life improvements available to us. To advocate for the estate tax is to ask for something that will shrink the amount of capital available to the Howard Sterns and YouTube founders of the world, but also the Patrick Soon-Shiongs. <BR/><BR/>Successful people are that way because they give people what they want. This is something to embrace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35527023.post-1161306945653904912006-10-19T20:15:00.000-05:002006-10-19T20:15:00.000-05:00Capitalism is the best friend any consumer will ev...Capitalism is the best friend any consumer will ever have due to competition between providers of goods and services. Our freedom to choose requires our allowing others to also be free to choose. One person deciding what another person must value is the antithis of both capitalism and of freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35527023.post-1161198399055639472006-10-18T14:06:00.000-05:002006-10-18T14:06:00.000-05:00Nice comments; remember Google said Youtube was wo...Nice comments; remember Google said Youtube was worth $1.65B by agreeing to pay that amount; that amount could be absurdly high or low, but reflects what they think it is worthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35527023.post-1161180733406466492006-10-18T09:12:00.000-05:002006-10-18T09:12:00.000-05:00So you too watch silly YouTube videos. And you di...So you too watch silly YouTube videos. And you didn't like my tutu?<BR/><BR/>EddieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35527023.post-1161179430345925472006-10-18T08:50:00.000-05:002006-10-18T08:50:00.000-05:00Well, in many ways I think you're right. Most You...Well, in many ways I think you're right. Most YouTube videos are frivolous if not downright disgusting. I grant you we live in a fallen world with misplaced priorities everywhere.<BR/><BR/>But that begs the question: WHO DECIDES WHAT IS VALUABLE AND THUS ALLOWED AND WHAT ISN'T?<BR/><BR/>If not the marketplace, depraved as it may often be, then who or what?<BR/><BR/>A centralized government? Powerful dictator? The UN Security Council? The New York Times? Barbra Streisand and the Hollywood elites? and the list goes on.<BR/><BR/>As imperfect and wretched as free markets are, do you have a better suggestion as to the arbiter of a good verses bad solution?<BR/><BR/>That, my dear, is my question to you? Please let me know when you come up with an answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35527023.post-1161144994334484252006-10-17T23:16:00.000-05:002006-10-17T23:16:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.ChemGradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304732744053614163noreply@blogger.com