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August 17, 2006
Lamont: Hey, I'm a Capitalist Tool, Too!
Ned Lamont asserted his status as a hard-nosed entrepreneur in this piece in the Wall Street Journal yesterday. The op-ed, titled "Democrats Mean Business," tries to connect his success with a cable TV company to his bid for the Senate from Connecticut and his loathing of all things Bush. He writes:
In 1984, with a loan from People's Bank, I started Campus TeleVideo from scratch. Our offer was unique: Rather than provide a one-size-fits-all menu of channels, we let the customers design their cable system based on the character of the community being served.From the moment I filled out that loan application, I've been in every part of the business--pulling cable, hiring workers, picking a good health-care plan, closing deals, listening to customers and fixing problems. It's been profitable, and it's been instructive, a quintessentially American experience. Here, entrepreneurs have the freedom to be successful in ways the rest of the world admires.
Lamont draws four lessons from his business experience, including frugality, investment in human resources, customer focus, and pragmatism.
I found some of the discussion strained, but I appreciate his effort to reach beyond the nutroot audience to the capitalist tools here in the Nutmeg State. Oddly, Lamont said nothing about the obstacles government regulation and the threat of lawsuit place in the path of entrepreneurs, suggesting he dare not alienate certain cadres of supporters. But that's just my inference. For example, if education is a big deal, why not support vouchers? Why not cut back on regulations and business taxes? But that's not Lamont's vision of business.
Some investigative reporter could have fun by reviewing the operations and policies of Campus TeleVideo and the "good health-care plan" it offered to its merry band of fairly paid, benefit-rich worker bees.
Van | 08/17/06 at 09:08 AM | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08
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Sorry Ned, but moving to the center won't help you know. Everyone knows the Nutroots are your base...
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| August 17, 2006 11:07 AM
