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To: arthurus
Hazlitt tips his hat to Bastiat.

the little hoodlum who threw the brick, far from being a public menace, was a public benefactor.

And the broken window example perfectly describes Obama's "cash for clunkers" scheme.

Sheer silliness.

5 posted on 09/29/2009 2:34:40 PM PDT by marron
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To: marron
And the broken window example perfectly describes Obama's "cash for clunkers" scheme.

Excellent. Yes, folks were induced to replace a vehicle at a time that may not have been the optimal time for replacement. And further, the manner of disposal of the "clunker" vehicle was diverted from sale, donation, mounting on the wall or other ways that one may dispose of a retiring vehicle.

6 posted on 09/29/2009 3:08:30 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find! - I am Joe Wilson.)
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