Unless the property belongs to me or my friends
Posted on 01/23/2008 3:07:29 PM PST by america4vr
During this week's Democratic presidential debate, Hillary Clinton said that putting together the right kind of stimulus package is "a part of economic justice." The remark reflected a major campaign theme for the New York senator, who has declared she would pursue "a new vision of economic fairness" as president.
That slogan should set off alarm bells for anyone who recognizes that economic outcomes result from myriad individual choices. To impose her vision of economic fairness, Clinton would have to override those choices, compromising freedom in the name of equality.
Clinton's aim is economic equality, not legal equality, and you really can't have both. As the economist and political philosopher F.A. Hayek observed, equal treatment of people with unequal abilities leads to unequal outcomes. In this sense social justice is, if not a "mirage," as Hayek argued, at least in conflict with procedural justice.
So it's not surprising that many of the policies Clinton believes promote economic fairness strike others as decidedly unfair. In 2006, for example, she endorsed a successful Commerce Department petition by Syracuse candle makers to impose a tariff of more than 100 percent on candles imported from China.
"Our manufacturers deserve a level playing field," Clinton explained, "and we owe it to them to make sure that others do not unfairly circumvent our fair trade practices." In Clinton's view, then, fairness demands that all Americans pay more for candles to subsidize manufacturers in her state.
More generally, Clinton advocates "smart" trade rather than free trade, insisting on "strong protections for workers and the environment" that reduce the competitive advantages of foreign producers. She wants "jobs that cannot be shipped overseas," which can be achieved only by interfering with companies' profit-maximizing (and consumer-benefiting) decisions.
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Economic "justice" is as unAmerican as can be. Capitalism is as pure a meritocracy there is despite the New Deal and the burgeoning entitlements drain it has turned out to be.
Now, we have those who want to expand on it by moral imperative as "Economic Justice". Who advises her on these things? Jessse "Jack-Ass" Jackson? Sure sounds like some "PUSH"/Rainbow Coalition initiative/re-cycled 60's slogan.
Economic "justice" has this not so faint stench reminiscent of the "Reparations for Slavery" movement that died a mercifully quick judicial death a few years ago.
Hey Hillary; we actually had a Slavery Reparations agreement known as 40 acres and a mule.
Slavery Reparations:40 acres and a mule
This Hillary is up to no good and we really must keep a close watch on whatever she manages to dredge up from the think-tank cesspool of election ideas she draws upon. She's trying to get the US government to foot the bill on her campaign promises for free money.
Commie
Reminds me of the “social justice” term that the lefties always throw out. “Social justice” means that if you’re successful it’s because you’re an evil exploiter of the common man. Basically communism.
Pure evil devil-speak.
“Reminds me of the “social justice” term that the lefties always throw out.”
It reminds me of the ‘fair trading Walmart bashers’ here on FreeRepublic.
Unless the property belongs to me or my friends
Which will prove that making responsible choices, being a hard worker, doing the right thing... does NOT pay.
Fabian
Not so much a Barf Alert as a COMMIE ALERT.
That’s a good point. I’ve seen that happening with the steel industry: unions demanding more pay even though they’re driving themselves out of business. Still, there should be an alternative to allowing even them to wreck our industrial base.
Barf Alert redundant, “economic justice’ speaks for itself. You can bet that during the campaign no Pubbie will dare to expose this obscenity for fear of offending someone somewhere. After all, aren’t we all for “justice”?! The Left controls the language, and through it, it gets to control the culture, including the political side of it. Just check your own use of the synonym of ‘merry’ for ‘pederasty’. You’ve been had again!
“a new vision of economic fairness...”
it’s called nationalization of everything.
“who advises her on these things?”
the office of international economic justice.
Seventy years ago, hillary would have stood on a corner shouting Seig Heil!
Any time a leftist uses the term “justice”, it means “hand over your money.”
“any time a leftist uses the term justice, it means hand over your money.”
just like the school yard bully who takes lunch money.
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