Some figure Slim like Warren Buffett is "buying" going easy on their corporate interests - Buffett the WaPo

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Submitted by Mark Michael, Nov 10, 2016 14:37

Of course, I have no idea if there's any truth to the idea that both Slim & Buffett are buying silence with their investments in the NY Times and Washington Post (resp.) of not. But at this point in time, neither business is much of a likely "winner" in the marketplace. Both should have dumped them long ago. (Yeah, years ago, a newspaper was a gold mine. Not anymore.) Oh, wait, I guess Jeff Bezos bought WaPo - maybe Buffett no longer owns any of it. Maybe I should be chattering about Bezos, not Buffett!

An obvious point is that if the federal government didn't have so much ability to affect businesses, CEOs/owners won't be so tempted to buy stock like these two - or give contributions to politicians, hire so many lobbyists, etc. (Just restore the limited powers granted to the federal government in the constitution.)

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