Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Re: Republicans ruined the Economy once - we should let them try again

I guess you cannot.
Your CLAIM was that Republicans ruined the economy. Specifically HOW?
You also CLAIM (imply) that the CURRENT
Administration has 'fixed' the economy. Again, specifically HOW?


At 11:51 AM 10/12/2010, you wrote:
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/22/AR2010092206643.html
>
>On Oct 12, 10:36 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> > At 09:52 AM 10/12/2010, you wrote:
> >
> > >maybe this time, they'll get it right - if they don't change anything.
> >
> > Can you provide some specifics. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Regard$,
> > --MJ
> >
> > And is not this the point that we have now
> > reached? What is the cry going up everywhere,
> > from all ranks and classes? All for one! When we
> > say the word one we think of ourselves, and what
> > we demand is to receive an unearned share in the
> > fruits of the labour of all. In other words, we
> > are creating an organized system of plunder.
> > Unquestionably, simple out-and-out plunder is so
> > clearly unjust as to be repugnant to us;but
> > thanks to the motto, all for one, we can allay
> > our qualms of conscience. We impose on others the
> > duty of working for us. then, we arrogate to
> > ourselves the right to enjoy the fruits of other
> > men's labour. We call upon the state, the law, to
> > enforce our so-called duty, to protect our
> > so-called right, and we end in the fantastic
> > situation of robbing one another in the name of
> > brotherhood. We live at other men's expense, and
> > then call ourselves heroically self-sacrificing
> > for so doing. Oh, the unaccountable folly of the
> > human mind! Oh, the deviousness of greed! It is
> > not enough that each of us tries to increase our
> > share at the expense of other; it is not enough
> > that we want to profit from labour that we have
> > not performed. we even convince ourselves that in
> > the process we are sublime examples of
> > self-sacrifice;we almost go so far as to call our
> > unselfishness Christlike. We have become so blind
> > that we do not see that the sacrifices that cause
> > us to weep with admiration as we contemplate
> > ourselves are not made by us at all, but are
> > exacted by us of others. -- Frédéric Bastiat
>
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