Posted on 07/24/2010 2:03:09 AM PDT by Brugmansian
LAS VEGAS, NV — While the federal government sinks deeper into debt than any time since World War II, former White House “green jobs” adviser Anthony Van Jones said it was time to stop worrying about budget deficits and pressure Washington to take more money from American businesses to fund larger social and infrastructure projects.
“This is a rich country. We have plenty of money, and if you don’t believe me, ask Haliburton,” Jones told a group of progressive bloggers and activists at the Netroots Nation convention Friday. “There’s plenty of money out there; don’t fall into the trap of this whole deficit argument.”
“The only question is how to spend it,” he added.
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With the Van Jones and Obama-trons we have new standards of racial purity. If you are a white male you can go f yourself unless you accept being dominated by kooky unscientific third world ideologues
But getting back to Hayek, the key point is that there is no reason to spend much time arguing about fascism vs. Communism, as there isn't much difference between the two from the standpoint of "the liberal of the old type".
I agree with Hayek up to a point... One big difference is communists want to destroy religion and the family. Communism should replace those two. Fascists such as Franco in Spain are traditional as far as faith and family. Their fascist state is not competing with the family and religion but communism most definitely is
Realize that Hayek was writing in the 1940s, before the Left appropriated the term to mean "another word for socialist". When he said "the liberal of the old type", he was talking about someone who truly believed in individual freedom and a minimalist State, what we call today a conservative.
You’re right, Van. Btw, as a last meal, those golden egg geese taste best with a side order of seed corn.
Franco was really more of a neo-monarchist, which is quite different from a fascist, and of course was very religious. He didn’t engage in the sort of cult of personality / state worship that Hitler and Mussolini propagandized. Hitler very much took down/apart the churches. Mussolini couldn’t go that route because of the strong influence of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy.
Obama is a combination of communist & fascist. But it doesn’t make any difference to our economy. He is a dictator, and the biggest thief in history.
“Like most communists, Van Jones ignores the right of investors to get a return for the money they invested to build that company and make it profitable. Van Jones talks like a mental case. He certainly is ignorant of how the world really works.”
Exactly. These idiots act like ‘rich companies’ means 10 white guys with yachts and mansions. There too moronic to even think about how many people would be affected if they trashed the free market. There is really no difference between the current administration and Chavez.
” What I see happening is them using the economic ideas of fascism, with the social ideas of Communism”
Exactly.
Obama and Jones give con-men a bad name.
Clever con men have to likable or they will not succeed, examples are Van Jones, Joe Biden.
When I was listening to Rush yesterday, I heard it as Nutroots.
Funny isnt It Steny Hoyer Number Two Man In the House To Nancy Pelosi Gave a Nice Speech at The Center For American Progress Gathering Yesterday Praising John Podesta and the Center for their work in Laying the Foundation for all the Progressive Policies that are saving the Country from The Bush Catastrophy.
My Question is where are the Republicans?
I am sadden to hear that, I have long time written Memphis off. I am betting on it becoming the Detroit of the south.
Sounds like the Urban Dude who wins the lottery. Piss it all away on bling. These fools do not understand the power of capital.
He advocates organized looting.
... after which I advocate organized shooting!
“And this is the Marxist clown that Meg Whitman admires so much.”
Indeed it is. But we must drink the kool aid and be a good republican and ignore such facts.
Meg Whitman: I’m A Huge Fan Of Van Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSn37TMXZO8
These people are complete idiots. It is going to be sweet to watch these people standing in the unemployment line next year.
Of course, libs (leftists in Jones’s case) believe in that big money mountain, something that just exists without anyone making it. It’s just a simple task to go dig into that big mountain without worrying about how it will be replenished. It just will, according to these “geniuses”.
Well, Jones & Obama did accomplish one thing....capital flight OUT of the USA is at an all time high. That includes the private capital of individuals.
Who is next on the menu?
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