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To: VinL; All
Newt is correct on this. If you take ethics out of the capital equation, capitalism doesn't work.

If we took ethics out of surgery, you would get sliced and diced, and end up dead.

The means to the end are just as important to the end goals.

What has made America an exceptional nation is ethical behavior. What is destroying it is unethical, but legal behavior.

265 posted on 01/14/2012 5:57:43 AM PST by LuvFreeRepublic
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To: LuvFreeRepublic
What has made America an exceptional nation is ethical behavior. What is destroying it is unethical, but legal behavior.

Nonsense. What has made America exceptional is the Rule of Law, respect for property rights, and the ability of the individual to keep most of the fruits of his labor. What is detroying this country is government that is redistributing wealth by taking from one group and giving it to another, i.e., the welfare state. We have strayed from the original vision of our Founders and the Constitution.

We have established a culture of dependency on government and the belief that one has the right to food, shelter, medical care, etc. just by being alive. The welfare state is collapsing because government can no longer fulfill the promises it has made. The EU and the US are bankrupt or near bankruptcy. The chickens are coming home to roost.

283 posted on 01/14/2012 8:16:10 AM PST by kabar
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To: LuvFreeRepublic

What has made America an exceptional nation is ethical behavior. What is destroying it is unethical, but legal behavior.

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It’s only legal behavior because the unethical have bought off the equally unethical GOP Establishment politicians. _:)


299 posted on 01/14/2012 9:03:28 AM PST by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, than to consent to wrong.)
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To: LuvFreeRepublic

What has made America an exceptional nation is ethical behavior. What is destroying it is unethical, but legal behavior.

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It’s only legal behavior because the unethical have bought off the equally unethical GOP Establishment politicians. _:)


300 posted on 01/14/2012 9:05:29 AM PST by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, than to consent to wrong.)
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