Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it. James A Garfield
I do have a plan, I have an economic plan for upstate New York … Hillary Clinton, cited Hillary The Movie, 2008
We need to start putting together a plan: we need change – put a halt to the arrests, prison releases, maybe even reform the Church. The Death of Stalin 2017 starring Steve Buscemi & Simon Russell Beale & Paddy Considine & Rupert Friend & Jason Isaacs & Michael Palin & Andrea Riseborough & Jeffrey Tambor & Adrian McLoughlin et al, director Armando Iannucci, Krushchev
The Cali cartel is an almost perfect organism. Even though we had cut off its head, the body kept right on going, making and selling cocaine. They stuck to the plan and for a long time that plan had worked for them. Narcos s3e6: Best Laid Plans, Netflix 2017
I want to launch a three-pronged attack … We gotta get Lehey back on the booze … We have to devalue Sunnyvale … We have to increase the value of this place [motel]. Trailer Park Boys s9e6: Sweet Liquory Load, Julian
I’m executing a plan. And it’s a good plan. It’s yours. I understand that we haven’t been laundering to your satisfaction. But we’ve been under constant pressure from the FBI. It’s just – it’s not safe, and in the last three weeks, we’ve been able to launder a significant amount of money, and in this last week six figures funded through an REO Speedwagon concert … Ozark s3e4: Boss Fight, Mary to bad boy boss, Netflix 2020
Economic planning: the kind that’s concerned with how we organise our entire economy … In capitalism the singular goal of profit animates economic decisions. How Companies Plan the Economy, Youtube 30.49, Second Thought 2023
We need a plan for how to continue living on this planet, meeting our needs, organising ourself collectively to manage our material requirements and our well-being. ibid.
Market capitalism is stuck in a constant boom and bust cycle that throws millions of people into sudden poverty. ibid.
Insider: ‘Starvation wages’: Walmart and McDonald’s among firms with the most workers on food stamps and Medicaid, according to a Bernie-Sanders-commissioned report. ibid. Grace Dean 19th November 2020
Walmart is the epitome of capitalist business practices. ibid.
Walmart looks a lot like a country with a planned economy. ibid.
It’s capitalists escaping the markets’ negative consequences as much as possible, and giving themselves more predictable outcomes than markets provide. ibid.
Walmart: Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment. ibid.