Alibaba Vs "you Didn't Build That!"

[CrusaderFrank]

This past week, former Communist Chinese company Alibaba went public in the biggest IPO in history.

China's open embrace of free enterprise puts the Democrat Party, the "You Didn't Built That!!" Party solidly to the LEFT of former Communists.

Now the Progs will chime in on how great the Bernanke Bubble has been for US Stocks and they're right. Our stock market is at records high, but no thanks to ObamaCare or $4/gas or the open hostility the Progs have for American business

China celebrate free enterprise and lifts hundreds of millions out of poverty, Democrats hatred of Free Enterprise has a hundred million people unemployed, under employed and on food stamps

 

[NYcarbineer]

How China s Government Set Up Alibaba s Success - Businessweek

How China's Government Set Up Alibaba's Success

...Alibaba was relatively slow to move into social networks, but the company has been playing catchup. Last year it became a major shareholder in Sina Weibo (SINA), a microblogging service that would compete with Twitter (TWTR) and Facebook (FB)—if those companies were allowed to operate in China. They aren’t. The Chinese government has banned them. As a result, Alibaba had an unimpeded entry into the world’s largest Internet market, even though it was a relative latecomer, and it will continue to grow without challenge from American competition..."

 

[Toronado3800]

This past week, former Communist Chinese company Alibaba went public in the biggest IPO in history.

China's open embrace of free enterprise puts the Democrat Party, the "You Didn't Built That!!" Party solidly to the LEFT of former Communists.

Now the Progs will chime in on how great the Bernanke Bubble has been for US Stocks and they're right. Our stock market is at records high, but no thanks to ObamaCare or $4/gas or the open hostility the Progs have for American business

China celebrate free enterprise and lifts hundreds of millions out of poverty, Democrats hatred of Free Enterprise has a hundred million people unemployed, under employed and on food stamps

China just is not a good example.

Can the Union Pacific stand up and tell Obama they built the transcontinental railroad and he was wrong to say the government built it for example?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Alibaba ties up with China's state postal service

Alibaba ties up with China s state postal service - Yahoo News UK

I'm pretty sure Ali Baba didn't build China's state run postal service.

 

[MrDVS1]

I saw this fellow the other day, he was wearing one of those tee shirts talking all about how he built his business and how the government had nothing to do with it. I didn't say anything because I wasn't sure how I want to approach the 30 something lad, who doesn't really have a business, he just works for his dad, but the business in question is a gas station/convenience store.

They sell a product which the producers of claim the can't locate, drill for or refine without all kinds of government help, then they sell that product to motor vehicles that operate on government built roads, which without, there would be no need for his business at that location.

I figure the lad didn't think that one through, but then I figure he didn't want to, given that apple not falling far from the tree thing.

 

[Little-Acorn]

They sell a product which the producers of claim the can't locate, drill for or refine without all kinds of government help,

Thanks for the classic example of big-govt misdirection.

One of the more disingenuous tactics of the big-govt pushers, is to infiltrate government into as much as they can of formerly-private business, and then pretend that the business couldn't have succeeded without them. Sort of like fleas infesting a dog, and then when the dog's scratching becomes more vigorous, claiming the dog wouldn't have been as energetic without them.

Obama's famous "You didn't build that" is probably the most well-known example of this lie.

It's true that you can't do much nowadays without tripping over Big Government somewhere. But if Government hadn't imposed itself on you, others would have provided what govt is now "providing", and a lot more efficiently... or business would have found ways to accomplish what it was doing without those things.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Someone thinks China is Communist, that's a joke, even Mao wasn't Communist, he hated the Soviets, and not even they were Communists.

 

[MrDVS1]

They sell a product which the producers of claim the can't locate, drill for or refine without all kinds of government help,

Thanks for the classic example of big-govt misdirection.

One of the more disingenuous tactics of the big-govt pushers, is to infiltrate government into as much as they can of formerly-private business, and then pretend that the business couldn't have succeeded without them. Sort of like fleas infesting a dog, and then when the dog's scratching becomes more vigorous, claiming the dog wouldn't have been as energetic without them.

Obama's famous "You didn't build that" is probably the most well-known example of this lie.

It's true that you can't do much nowadays without tripping over Big Government somewhere. But if Government hadn't imposed itself on you, others would have provided what govt is now "providing", and a lot more efficiently... or business would have found ways to accomplish what it was doing without those things.

The only things I see infesting government is big bus$ine$$ and people who still believe in myth-illogical figures.

 

[waltky]

Fake merchandise...

China's Alibaba back on US counterfeits blacklist
Thu, 22 Dec 2016 - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is back on the US's "notorious markets" list over selling counterfeit goods.

Alibaba was taken off the list four years ago, but US authorities say the firm's online platform Taobao is used to sell "high levels" of fake goods. The company has rejected the allegations, insisting it polices its market place better than in the past. The firm also suggested the "current political climate" in the US might be why they are back on the list. US President-elect Donald Trump had, during his campaign, repeatedly accused Chinese firms of stealing intellectual property.

Alibaba Group President Michael Evans said he was "disappointed" by the decision and questioned whether it was "based on actual facts or was influenced by the current political climate." The Chinese online retailer and its market place Taobao have long been accused of being a platform for counterfeit goods. Taobao said earlier this year it had tightened controls on its sale of luxury goods, requiring sellers to show proof of authenticity.

In May though, Alibaba was suspended from the International Anti Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) watchdog over piracy concerns. More than 250 members, including Gucci America and Michael Kors, had threatened they would leave the IACC in protest at Alibaba's membership. Alibaba - by far China's biggest online retailer - floated on the New York Stock Exchange in September 2014 and broke records by raising $25bn.

China's Alibaba back on US counterfeits blacklist - BBC News