Selling (Out) America by the Dollar
I’m sure everyone’s aware of our larger cities across America selling the naming rights for pubic buildings built with taxpayers funds to private corporations…… I, personally, think this is criminal and should be viewed as a “conflict of interest” in that it is nothing more than an unfair business advantage and not only gives the impression that the particular city approves this corporation’s product over its competition, but also gives the impression that the corporation built the building (i.e. “The Ford Centre” in OKC) and is doing severe damage to small business and only goes to prove that America is run by big business and we’re in big trouble…… We have laws that concern separation of Church and state because of the reasons I mentioned above……. So-o-o, where are laws that apply to the separation of business and state or did our forefathers just not think we could possibly get this greedy?……….
BUT, since it’s here and a reality, why aren’t the Fed’s in on it?……. The government could make lots of money without raising taxes (hopefully) by selling cash sponsorship to corporations……… Like I said, they’ve got most of our money anyway, so why shouldn’t they pay for naming rights?…….. Disney could sponsor the penny because that’s a Mickey Mouse denomination anyway….. The quarter?….. Just get rid of the eagle and imprint the coin with a burger, the McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese…… The dime?……. Sponsored by Wal-Mart, only now it’s marked down to 6 1/2 cents……….
The last part I got off my WELL,DUH! calendar (with a few MR changes), but I’m not so sure that it’s too far off base……
November 5th, 2005 at 1:45 pm
How about the United States of Disney?
November 5th, 2005 at 7:48 pm
The vote is in and…… YES,FOLKS!… The EARS have it by a nose!……
November 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Good idea MR. And the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could get in on this
too. How about hurricane HOME DEPOT.
November 6th, 2005 at 9:59 am
Yeah, yeah, good, ….. We could have all the hurricanes named after building and tool supply companies, besides hurricane Home Depot we’d have hurricane Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, DeWalt, Black and Decker (with two names it’ll have to be a category 5), Sears, Weyerhauser, Acme Brick, etc., etc……
Imagine the funds that could raise for better tracking equipment and planes, and maybe even have the side benefit of saving lives?….. What a concept!…..
November 6th, 2005 at 1:21 pm
Selling (Out) America
An interesting perspective on selling naming rights….
November 7th, 2005 at 1:40 am
When I was in jr. high, I saw a science film about meteorology in which there was an
animation of missles being fired into a hurricane to diffuse it. The narrator hinted
that, by the end of the 20th century, this would be reality–sort of like your George
Jetson-mobile. Of course, they were also telling us that nuclear power would be “too
cheap to meter”.
November 7th, 2005 at 3:36 pm
Maybe, someone should release a CD Selling (Out) America by the Dollar. Remember
Selling England by the Pound by Genesis?
November 7th, 2005 at 7:41 pm
I was wondering if anyone was going to guess where I got the title idea for this post….. That’s a nickel-plated copper star for Sunn…..