Posted on 04/01/2009 5:54:43 AM PDT by Tolik
Citation of Friederich Hayek’s “Road to Serfdom” should be required for such articles.
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The Road to Serfdomby Friedrich A. Hayek
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The problem is that even with intellectually honest liberals,
you’re still going to argue past each other because of base assumptions. It’s very hard to change those base assumptions, and all their conclusions are (surprisingly) “logical” extensions of those assumptions.
Read Sowell’s Conflict of Visions.
Cross-reference links:
Conservatives vs. Liberals: Two Paths to Power
Townhall.com ^ | April 1, 2009 | Michael MedvedVictor Davis Hanson: President Obamas First 70 Days. It really does all make sense
NRO ^ | April 1, 2009 | Victor Davis Hanson
“The only thing worse than stupid people making decisions for themselves is having a bureaucrat making decisions for them.
The bureaucrat cannot learn from the mistakes he causes to stupid people.
At least the stupid people can learn from their mistakes because they have to face the consequences.”
- Uncle Miltie’s summary of Friederich Hayek’s information deficit argument against Socialism.
In my discussions with leftist friends I use the words *government bureaucracy* instead of just *government*. For the most people the word *government* does not have a negative baggage (yeah, I know, I know...) but nobody likes *bureaucracy*. It helps clarify some things.
“Obama has outlined eight years of budgetary red ink that would nearly match the debt run up by all previous U.S. presidents combined.”
BUMP!
I’m not sure how much further economically ‘underground’ I can go without my life changing significantly. I did the grocery shopping this morning and I actually put things BACK on the shelf after weighing if I truly NEEDED it, and was willing to pay the additional State taxes that continue to feed the beast that is our current Local/State/Federal Government.
I hope and pray that I’m not the only one who is doing this. By the looks of the market, and another nearly 800,000 jobs LOST on 0bama’s watch in March alone, I’m thinking I’m not.
However, we can’t all stop spending for basics, so please shop locally when you can. Support your local business person...because they are gravely under attack from this Admini*SPIT*ration.
*Steps Off Soapbox* :)
A marked to read later bump
ping
Just an absolutely brilliant column.
That would make a great seminar topic: Sophistry and morality, Obammunism and its ethical challenges.
By my count, the President is already planning to spend $7 trillion this year.
My future husband hits another one outta da park.
I know a number of such people personally. They are quite sincere in these beliefs, which would be one thing, but they also tend to prefer courses of action which ought to work for the right reasons over courses of action that actually do. That's a problem when you're in control of the economy.
The ‘bammy supporters I know are just as
WILFULLY IGNORANT
of his malfeasance as they were of his incompetence and corruption prior to his election.
I can’t recommend it highly enough:
Sowell’s “Conflict of Visions”
explains this mindset down to its core - your beliefs about the essential nature of man. All these other conclusions and beliefs stem, logically, from that.
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