Quote from PHOENIX TRADING:
You still don't get it do you?
Money invested on behalf of a pension fund is NOT GOVT MONEY.
It's just like a mutual fund investing it's assets.
The fact that you cannot see that once it's even pointed out to you, makes you an imbecile
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"But most members of the public do not know that close to half the investment capital in private equity funds is contributed directly by government entities. In this respect, private equity is little different than companies like Fannie, Freddie, and Solyndra that are regularly criticized in the media as recipients of government subsidies.
Their decisions to invest government funds in private equity reflect assumptions by government officials that have gone unchallenged and, we contend, are quite likely incorrect. Moreover, virtually all of the important details of the private equity investments made by these state investors are kept secret at the insistence of PE firms, in striking contrast to every other type of government contract.
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"Unlike Americaâs high growth, low unemployment period of the 1950 and 1960s, the benefits of these sorts of âproductivity increasesâ appear not to have been shared with workers, despite the claims of some private equity managers that the public benefits via their pension fund investments. Rather, it appears that they accrue mainly to the buyout fund managers. If the claim doesnât hold up of high returns for governmental investors, there appears to be no justification at all for the collateral damage of job losses, underinvestment in portfolio companies, and economy-wide distortions, not only of capital allocation but even of policy priorities as a result of the industryâs attempts to justify itself."
Read more at http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012...sponsored-enterprise.html#fr7qPe0EdW60P3pX.99
