[Kaslin]

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[Puddleglum]

Too darned sensible! Hats off to Mr Sowell once again. He is required Republican reading material.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Absolutely brilliant!!! Somone once said that the difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe in God and Democrats believe in Santa Claus.

Anyone gullible enough to believe that government can deliver all these goodies is delusional. We have lots of gullible Americans and even Republicans want their "entitlements" to keep coming.

[Darkwolf377]

That commercial sums up American liberalism perfectly.

[Free State Four]

Once again, Dr. Sowell hits the nail on the head. The reason we get involved in these rescue efforts is because some nitwit with a BA in journalism wants sensational headlines and some cheap, power-grabbing politician wants to buy votes with my money.

It is an argument for Fred or Duncan for president.

[Jeff Chandler]

The Bush administration is unveiling its plan to rescue people who gambled and lost in the housing markets when the bubble burst. ... Why not also rescue people who gambled away their life's savings in Las Vegas? That would at least be consistent.

[metesky]

Bumping the clear thinking of Dr. Sowell.

[pnh102]

Why not also rescue people who gambled away their life's savings in Las Vegas?

I'm honestly surprised that no politician has offered this up as an idea. My guess is that there are not enough people who have lost their life savings in Las Vegas to make for a viable political constituency.

On the other hand, people with student loan problems are starting to number in the sizes need to form a promising constituency. I think in a few years, we'll see at least one presidential candidate offer some sort of student loan bailout plan as a campaign promise.

[docbnj]

Thomas Sowell is on of the brightest, and most concise writers in the country when it comes to economics. In this column he also shows a good understanding of history.

For those who would like more information on the Great Depression, see the recent, excellent book by Amity Schlaes, which patiently lays out how foolish government policies were in the 1930s, and how they prolonged the Depression, and left us with a heritage of Social Security and a raft of other bad policies and bad habits, all touted by the media (and in your public schools!) as the story of how FDR “brought us through the Depression.” (He then “brought us through the war,” and messed up that, too.)

[jazusamo]

Happy New Year to all and thanks for the ping, Kaslin!

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[dynachrome]

Wait ‘til CON-gress “fixes” the sub-prime mortgage problem and the up and coming sub-prime auto loan problem (Upside down in your car loan? Don’t worry, big mommy gov’t will fix it!)

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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