tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190363847001030078.post8894228936824410406..comments2024-03-11T18:09:51.461-07:00Comments on Between the Lines: Singapore's Newest Citizen...Marty Mazorrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08472867992519060059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190363847001030078.post-13929520851532804682012-05-25T08:43:23.000-07:002012-05-25T08:43:23.000-07:00Singapore is the United States' 13th largest t...Singapore is the United States' 13th largest trading partner. I'd rather his money be invested in Singapore where it is more likely to be used as investment capital in companies that will buy U.S. exports. <br><br>"[S]orrow and shame," Richard? I am rather proud of the young man. I trust the private sector in Singapore to use the money more wisely than I trust the U.S. government with taxing and wasting it.Bloice Davisonhttp://bestchoicetechnology.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190363847001030078.post-1656273718534382092012-05-16T23:12:37.000-07:002012-05-16T23:12:37.000-07:00"our government as less able to use this mone..."our government as less able to use this money wisely is wildly hyperbolic"??? Really?? Was I exagerating the deficit, the debt, the green energy (moneyed interests) debacles? Would it be hyperbolic of me to suggest that the ever-increasing size of our government (of the past 11 years in particular) might be what's undermining our fragile democracy - and creating ever-more opportunity for moneyed interests... Shouldn't we be thankful he did his thing in the U.S. (to the benefit of the tax-paying private sector) before emigrating to Singapore? And, less obviously perhaps, that there's $600 million more in the world's private sector to be used, yes, more wisely than our government would?<br><br>Seriously, what do you see when you peak around the curtain? A world ruled by the politician, assisted by the needs of his ..........................................? I'd say not entirely... but too much so...<br><br>We do share the same concern when it comes to "moneyed interests"... But again, that's always the result of too much, never too little, government...Martin L. Mazorranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190363847001030078.post-39972348551753353932012-05-16T12:18:59.000-07:002012-05-16T12:18:59.000-07:00Your CommentsI feel both sorrow and shame for Mr. ...Your Comments<br><br>I feel both sorrow and shame for Mr. Saverin. He lives in a world ruled by money, possibly assisted by the needs of his sycophants, toadys, booklickers, brown-noses, dogsbodys, agents, kowtows, fawns, grovelers, and courtiers. Does he have a real life? He has so much money even he, of presumably superior intellect and knowledge, cannot imagine how to spend or pass on his fortune. Your characterization of our government as less able to use this money wisely is wildly hyperbolic, in spite of the relentless efforts of moneyed interests, chiefly our current right-wing oligarchy but also diverse special interests, to undermine our increasingly fragile democracy.Richard Bertkenhttp://YourWebsitenoreply@blogger.com