Posted on 10/12/2010 12:07:06 PM PDT by jazusamo
No one calls it greed b/c it’s theft.
No, it's not. Here is the list of legitimate uses found in Article I Section 8:
I'm pretty sure since he teaches economics, he probably understands the free market.
Given that most economics professors are Marxists, I wouldn't be so sanguine as to proffer that position as any indication of knowledge or expertise. My economics adviser in college specialized in game theory as applies to betting on horse races. Just because the media celebrates Dr. Sowell, doesn't mean he always knows what he's talking about.
Here's a good lesson to help you understand where you actually fit on the political spectrum/n-space):
"Thomas Sowell hits one out of the park . . . again, PING
"This is a point I often make with liberals. Whenever they bring up their typical "rich people are greedy" class envy mantra, I am quick to remind them that liberals are the greedy ones for demanding an ever-increasing share of their income.
I have yet to see anyone earning over $100,000 per year demand as a right a portion of other people's income.
Yet I hear from Democrats all the time that these same people "aren't paying their fair share". The word 'entitlement' is a fancy word for greed. "
Fits you to a tee, it does.
Thank God for Thomas Sowell.
I make a similar argument whenever a leftist describes someone as greedy for wanting a tax break -
“who is more greedy? The person who wants to keep more of what he earns in order to spend or give as he sees fit, or the person who wishes to empower government to confiscate what the other guy earns in order to spend as THEY see fit?”
Hey Willie boy, if you had a tenth the thought power of Dr. Sowell you wouldn’t be posting those socialist choo choo threads at Free Republic and all the while claiming you’re a conservative. ROTFLMAO!
In your version of America, what career would you find suitable for a black man like Sowell?
That section describes the authority of Congress over what would become Washington DC, not what the federal government could use eminent domain as a tool for in executing its enumerated powers.
I don’t see eminent domain listed anywhere in the Constitution, though it does seem to be implied by the fifth (not that, IMO, that is enough to justify it).
Thank You, AM.
Hmmm... looks like you are right, but then, there's
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Which certainly includes buying land for the purpose of national defense, but not for transportation, other than perhaps the post office. BTW, getting rid of the post office and "post roads" is one instance in which I think an Amendment is advisable.
Given that most economics professors are Marxists, I wouldn't be so sanguine as to proffer that position as any indication of knowledge or expertise. My economics adviser in college specialized in game theory as applies to betting on horse races.I'm pretty sure since he teaches economics, he probably understands the free market.
Sowell himself was a Marxist - until, at age 30, he studied the effect of the "minimum wage" law and determined that it hurt the people it purported to help.Just because the media celebrates Dr. Sowell
In what universe has that ever happened?doesn't mean he always knows what he's talking about.
No, it wouldn't, even if it were true.And the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, either. But that is the way to bet them.
After three decades of following Professor Sowell's writing, I am blithe to say that my money would be on him in any intellectual argument with anyone who was fool enough to take for granted that they had a better grasp of economics, and more wisdom, than he.
I beat him on the impact of regulation on land use, hands down. Frankly, by comparison, both his arguments and his data are childishly over-simplified. His work is designed for a popular audience; it is by no means innovative.
In your version of America, what career would you find suitable for a black man like Sowell?
In my version of America, an eighty-year-old gentleman like Dr. Sowell would be comfortably retired and not making excuses for the corporate lobbyists who are undermining American Middle Class opportunities.
or maybe; Sorry, I missed it.
Didn’t miss much, just being the same old jerk he usually is.
Willie,
You are not being held down. Certainly not by all those folks writing the legislation that DemocRATs love to pass before they read it.
Maybe you might be slightly retarded by Soros, Buffett, Imam 0bama, Pelosi, Reid and other millionaire/billionaire statists (like JF'nK, OK like W who probably lives in your head rent free too), but if they got theirs, you can go get yours.
As Zer0 says, "Buck up, don't get all wee-wee'd up!"
An outstanding and professional post, cIc.
Not greed: envy. Democrats pander to envy at all times.
Great article, great comments.
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