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Politics

Seems Like a Pretty Good Business Plan

Peter Suderman | 8.23.2012 2:34 PM

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I bet someone could make a lot of money off of this plan:

Via Mark Hemingway's Twitter feed. 

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  1. Episiarch   13 years ago

    Final step: PROFIT

    1. Tim   13 years ago

      Final step: BAILOUT.

      1. Raston Bot   13 years ago

        then a line back up to ‘govt promises to make it better.’

  2. o3   13 years ago

    but where’s the “obtain SBA loans” box after the idea box?

    i haz a [confuse] 11!1!!11

    1. Almanian's Evil Twin   13 years ago

      Loans are so 1990s. All the cool kids are mainlining bailouts now.

    2. WTF   13 years ago

      i haz a [confuse] 11!1!!11

      We know, orrin, we know. You really don’t need to say it.

  3. Almanian's Evil Twin   13 years ago

    You stole my business plan. Sad face 🙁

    1. Rasilio   13 years ago

      Maybe you should sue him for copyright infringement?

  4. Warty   13 years ago

    “Could” make a lot of money?

    1. CuriousGeorge   13 years ago

      Pretty sure this is the business plan of Ethanol, and Healthcare.

  5. Proprietist   13 years ago

    See: Obama was right! You didn’t build that on your own.

  6. $park?   13 years ago

    I like it! I think I’ll start a health insurance company following this model. What, it’s been done? OK, then I’m going to start a college following this model. What, that’s been done too? WTF! There’s nothing good left then.

    1. $park?   13 years ago

      Wait, I got it. I’ll start a fish hatchery and raise and sell guaranteed non-poisonous fish. I think I could get the EPA to make a handy 30 step process for verifying that fish aren’t poisonous. After I get my exemption of course.

      1. Tim   13 years ago

        There are no poisonous leeches…

        1. Pip   13 years ago

          You never met my ex-wife.

      2. RedDragon6009   13 years ago

        Hurry or you’ll lose that first mover advantage.

  7. Tim   13 years ago

    Where’s the box for “insulated from market forces, quality drops until…Detroit.”

  8. MikeP   13 years ago

    This is exactly the green technology business model. Venture capitalists are banking on it.

    Note that international climate change conventions make the market huge and only increase the number of governments pushing your product.

  9. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

    Saw this on reddit earlier.

    1. Alex   13 years ago

      We all did, Timmy. We all did…

  10. The Late P Brooks   13 years ago

    A single page biography of Kindly Old Grandpa Buffett!

  11. OldMexican   13 years ago

    “… so millions of dopes were duped into thinking that seat belts made them safer when driving a 2 ton car against a 40 ton semi. So, the seat belt manufacturers lived happily ever after.”

    Ok, kids. Now, let me tell you the story about the pregnant women-killer: the inflatable airbag, and how it came into existence into this world. Ready? Listen closely…

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