Crony Capitalist/Robber Baron Yes/No?

1) John D. Rockefeller - no.......2) Steve Jobs - no.......3) Robert Fulton - yes.......4) Ken Lay - yes.......5) Dick Cheney - yes.......6) Cornelius Vanderbilt - no.......7) Andrew Carnegie - no.......8) Edward Collins - yes.......8) Al Gore - yes.......9) The Cornells - yes.......10) Bill Gates - no.......11) Thomas Durant - yes.......12) Leland Stanford - yes.......13) Andrew Mellon - no.......14) Grenville Dodge - yes.......15) The Scrantons - no.......16) James J. Hill - no.......17) Jeffrey Imnelt - yes.......18) Charles Schwab - no..................................................................................And the criteria is very simple, folks. The real capitalists (those that were awarded with a yes) created hundreds of thousands of jobs, innovated (bringing new goods and services to the market), brought the cost of living down for everyone, and did all of these things without government assistance. The phony/crony capitalists (political entrepreneurs is what historian, Burton Folsom, calls them) - well, let's just say that they basically made themselves wealthy while ripping off both their customers AND the taxpayer........................................................................................P.S. The guy on the bottom - he's actually reaching for YOUR wallet, bra.