Wednesday Chronicle
The Wisdom of Milton Friedman
The Foundation
"The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth." --Alexander Hamilton
Essential Liberty
Milton Friedman (1912-2006)"Milton Friedman, born 100 years ago [Tuesday], was many things: a groundbreaking economist, winner of the Nobel prize in his discipline, an adviser to such heads of state as had the wisdom to seek his counsel. He was a superlative scholar and thinker ... but his most important role was that of teacher.... His economics was no dismal science, but a rigorous framework undergirding the great love of his intellectual life: liberty. ... He was very much a man of his time: In the critical year of 1980, his Free To Choose television series began airing, and an American public that would soon be asked to choose between the two very different visions of Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter was given an invaluable education in the economic and moral case for a free society. Capitalism, Friedman argued, was good not because we need not protect the worker and the consumer, but because capitalism actually protects the worker and the consumer, while government merely makes proclamations about doing so. ... The fight for freedom continues, on every continent and in every country. Those who believe in the extraordinary power of ordinary people free to choose have a patron saint in Milton Friedman, who died in 2006 but remains very much with us in spirit." --National Review
Insight
"Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with." --economist Milton Friedman
"There is no respect in which inhabitants of a low-income neighborhood are so disadvantaged as in the kind of schooling they can get for their children." --Friedman
"There's no free lunch." --Friedman
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." --Friedman
Editorial Exegesis
"Over the weekend, Investor's Business Daily's David Hogberg broke the news that 93% of General Motors' 2012 profits were based on subprime loans, a revelation that put a damper on President Obama's claims to have single-handedly rescued the automaker and restored it to financial health. 'GM Financial auto loans to customers with FICO scores below (the subprime threshold of) 660 rose from 87% of total loans in Q4 2010 to 93% in Q1 2012,' Hogberg found. 'The worse the FICO score, the bigger the increase. From Q4 2010 to Q1 2012, GM Financial loans to customers with the worst FICO scores -- below 540 -- shot up 79% to more than $2.3 billion. ... Prime loans, those above 660, dropped 42% to $676 million.' ... But Obama has embraced other forms of subprime lending as well. For example, he is now pushing regulators to let Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reduce the principal on 1.4 million delinquent housing loans, rewarding those who default over those who don't. ... Obama has also championed expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act, the law that pressured banks into lowering lending standards across the mortgage spectrum, fueling the subprime crisis that brought the financial system to its knees. ... Obama also nationalized student loans, a subprime category of its own, given that all student buyers are untested. ... As a result, education is no longer about balancing risk with potential reward but, like housing, about 'giving everyone a college education' regardless if everyone would benefit. ... It flips the meaning of 'success' and creates an upside-down economy built not on value, but on dictated results that in the end are unsustainable." --Investor's Business Daily
Upright
"During [the last housing market] meltdown the banks, realizing that government would force them to make questionable loans in the sub-prime market, expanded the irresponsible practices to the entire mortgage market. Then they bundled the loans together and sold them to investors worldwide. When the market tanked, so did the economy, and taxpayers were left holding the bag in order to 'save' the entire financial system. Yet as far as this administration is concerned, one global meltdown was not enough. In a society where the entitlement mentality has run amok, they have unilaterally determined that access to credit is a right, one where 'diversity,' 'fairness' and 'social justice' count just as much -- if not more -- than one's ability to handle loan payments. That is fiscal insanity enforced by government fiat." --columnist Arnold Ahlert
"The problem with money in politics is that government is involved in running big business, small business and your business. When Obama says 'You didn't build that,' it's not so much a declaration as it is a manifesto. It's Obama's Little Red Phrase. Mao wrote a whole book to sum up his philosophy. Obama just needed a sound bite. If you want to solve the money-in-politics issue, then get the government out of the board rooms. As soon as that happens, the board rooms will go back to minding their own business, instead of minding the government's business." --columnist John Ransom
"[Rahm] Emanuel and Co. would never unsheathe their rhetorical swords toward a Muslim affirming his faith. They reserve their wrath for Christians who espouse the views that -- until three months ago -- were the official position of the president of the United States. ... Beyond hypocrisy and selective outrage, the Chick-fil-A story reveals a totalitarian temptation among liberals. Note that Chick-fil-A is not being accused of discrimination, either in hiring or in service. The franchise is being targeted by Democratic office holders merely to punish the company's owner for his religious and social beliefs. ... President Obama placed a call to Sandra Fluke when he felt that she had been unfairly targeted for her views. Fluke's critic was a private citizen. Cathy's are public officials. Can Dan Cathy expect a call from Barack Obama?" --columnist Mona Charen
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The Demo-gogues
Doubling down: "[Mitt Romney] is dead wrong. We did not build this country from the top down. We built this country together -- individual entrepreneurs taking advantage of opportunities and putting their sweat and tears into it.... If Mr. Romney does not understand that, then he doesn't understand what it takes to build an economy where everybody has a shot to succeed." --Barack Obama
Choices: "Mr. Romney wants to get rid of funding for Planned Parenthood. I think that is a bad idea. I've got two daughters. I want them to control their own health care choices. We're not going backwards, we're going forwards." --Barack Obama
This might be completely untrue, but I'm going to say it anyway: "[Mitt Romney] didn't pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that's true? Well, I'm not certain. But obviously he can't release those tax returns. How would it look? His poor father must be so embarrassed about his son." --Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
Hyperbole and exaggeration: "This isn't hyperbole or exaggeration: If we don't win this election, it will be because we didn't close the spending gap when we could. ... And the only way someone like Mitt Romney ... defeats someone like Barack Obama, is if the other side spends us into oblivion. ... Barack and I honestly wish we could thank everyone who contributes to this campaign personally. You're our second family, you know." --Joe Biden
Twisted logic: "[T]he Republican Tea Party people -- not all the Republican[s], but the Tea Party people -- held up passing a debt relief increase and the CBO said that cost the economy a trillion dollars in increased costs. That's just irresponsibility, that's not equally shared responsibility." --Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Shameless pander: "The Affordable Care Act is in place. The Supreme Court approved its terms a couple, three weeks ago. And it will do some things that, in my opinion, needed to be done. It will stop the discrimination against people with prior illnesses or injuries or, say, some of the folks who were shot in the [Colorado] theater. They would be uninsurable now that they've had that wound, but under the Affordable Care Act, they can't be discriminated against starting in 2014." --Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
Dezinformatsia
Fearmongering: "People are hurting out there, perhaps they are ready to start a conversation about whether an AR-15 belongs in the hands of a citizen, whether a citizen should be able to buy 6,000 rounds on the Internet." --NBC's Brian Williams in an interview with Mitt Romney
Correction -- the politicians feel strongly: "[In England], they feel so strongly about their health care system, they're actually celebrating it as part of the Olympic opening ceremony." --NBC's Matt Lauer
Tolerance: "So Mike Huckabee says that Aug. 1 should be Chick-fil-A appreciation day, asking people to go out there and support them that day. So if you like marriage equality and you're for marriage equality, and you go there that day -- you're a chicken-eating Judas." --MSNBC's Thomas Roberts
"Mitt Romney: A Candidate With a Serious Wimp Problem" --Newsweek Magazine headline
Race bait: "Well, I think part of [why Romney made an appearance in Poland] was a desire to portray President Obama as something of a wimp, and say he's abandoned Eastern Europe. ... Now it's a smaller percentage of the population -- of the voting population -- than it used to be, but white voters are still much more Republican than any other group in the electorate. They went for McCain in 2008 by 55%. And I think that getting those ethnic voters excited is really what Romney has in mind here. It's more for the folks at home -- the descendants of the people that he will be speaking to -- in Poland." --NPR's Cokie Roberts
Newspulper Headlines:
We Blame George W. Bush: "Va. State Senator Blames Racism for Romney Gains" --Washington Post website
Breaking News From 2009: "Fading Rock Star Obama" --TheHill.com
Out on a Limb: "Poll Finds Americans May Be Getting Sick of Presidential Race" --TheWeeklyStandard.com
Questions Nobody Is Asking: "Where Is Obama's Promised Minimum-Wage Hike?" --Reuters
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking: "For the record, I prefer Kentucky Fried Chicken. #ChickFilA" --tweet, @NancyPelosi
(Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)
Village Idiots
The BIG Lie: "Now, if the founding fathers could have looked into a crystal ball and seen AK-47s and a Glock semiautomatic pistols, I got a feeling they wouldn't -- I think they'd wanna leave a little note behind and probably tell us, 'you know, that's not really what we mean when we say bear arms.'" --filmmaker Michael Moore
Race bait II: "So what I'm saying to you is Mitt Romney, he's speaking to a population of this -- a segment of the population, who does not like to see people other than a white man in a White House or in any other elected position. ... He's speaking to that fringe out there who do not want to see anybody other than a white person in a leadership position. ... They don't want President Barack Obama in office as president and for all the reasons that you and I and a lot of other people understand." --Obama campaign surrogate State Senator Louise Lucas (D-VA)
Coming from someone who knows about "extremist fringes": "The last thing we want is the Republican Party -- a party that's been hijacked by an extremist fringe -- to win the White House and tighten its grip on Congress." --Algore
Say what? "There isn't anybody on the planet who has a greater perspective on not just the last four years, but the last two decades, than Bill Clinton. He can really articulate the choice that is before people." --Obama senior adviser David Axelrod
Short Cuts
"There seems to be something 'liberating' about ignorance -- especially when you don't even know enough to realize how little you know. Thus an administration loaded with people who have never run any business is gung-ho to tell businesses what to do, as well as gung-ho to tell the medical profession what to do, lenders whom to lend to, and the military how to fight wars." --economist Thomas Sowell
"Due to the added burden of new EPA regulations, two Pennsylvania coal companies announced they're laying off 225 employees. Well, they can always get jobs with solar companies as bankruptcy lawyers." --Fred Thompson
"Al Sharpton blamed racism for GOP opposition, saying Barack Obama doesn't look like most Americans. That's easily fixable. If the Environmental Protection Agency would just require tanning bulbs in all refrigerators, we'd all be the same color in a week." --comedian Argus Hamilton
"We got 1.5% growth in GDP this last quarter -- basically nothing. So what's happened? Hasn't Obama built more roads and bridges so businesses would magically spring up? But don't worry, Obama has a big tax hike planned on the rich which will help business by taking more money out of it. It's basically the bloodletting theory of economics -- you know, you bleed a person out to make him feel better. Similarly, we're going to tax people to economic health." --humorist Frank J. Fleming
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Nate Jackson for The Patriot Post Editorial Team
64 Comments
JJStryder in realville
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:01 AM
These quotes from democrats are truly awe inspiring. I haven't seen this much demonstrated panic from the left for a long time. It's a good thing to see. Let's keep them freeked out! They deserve every sleepless night! I'm stealing this great one from Uncle Milty: "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." --Friedman......priceless!
Bruce R Pierce in Owensboro, Ky
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Let’s be for real Mitt Romney has no need to even address those as State Senator Louise Lucas says "who does not like to see people other than a white man in a White House or in any other elected position. ... ", he can already count on their vote. As Cookie said he "I think that getting those ethnic voters excited is really what Romney has in mind here." It seems the "left" has no idea what Mitt is trying to do.
BTW: I personally don't see a reason to have an AR15 because a 30.06 M1 Garand has so much more of everything, especially if modified to use replaceable magazines. But I will defend other people’s right to own whatever property they so desire.
wjm in Colorado
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:21 AM
I too think that a .223 is just not enough gun. The Garand is a fine weapon, but I prefer my modern M1A in .308, and my semi auto Thompson in .45 Auto. I have many pistols and rifles from .22 on up, and all serve their purpose. The second amendment allows folks to persue whatever floats their boat in size and shape of home defense. A large magazine allows a poor shooter to hit something eventually. Only an idiot thinks limits on magazines do anything. Where guns are outlawed, only the outlaws have guns, something Chicago need to realize, as it is now more dangerous than Afghanistan.
Buzzkill in Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:04 PM
Without denying the right to keep and bear arms to any citizen lawfully permitted to do so (re criminal history, legal status, etc), I must take issue with your statement regarding large-capacity magazines. "... allows a poor shooter to hit something eventually"?!?! This cavalier attitude about sending high-velocity pieces of metal irretrievably and without further guidance - which frequently results in collateral death and injury in the commission of drive-by shootings - is disturbing, as no reasonable shooter would think of using a small-caliber rifle in such a way in defense of himself and his family when confronted by those with military-grade arms and armor. NO REASONABLE SHOOTER - leaving only the UNreasonable to consider.
Part of the great beauty of the Garand was its limit to ten(?) shots per magazine, encouraging the shooter to make each shot count - and those who used them were far better at such shooting than most today appear to be. There are a number of "good ol' boys" in my former home who would go to the range to spray the landscape with .22 slug as fast as they could pull the trigger: wasteful, expensive, and not impressive; while it was certainly their choice to do so, such is the worst practice of firearms usage - it made no point of training accuracy or efficiency - and only results in wastefulness and a false sense of proficiency.
Having read my above arguments, would you still maintain that I am "(Only) an idiot"?
Howard Last in Wyoming
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:16 PM
A Garand has a 8 shot clip. The magazine is built into the rifle. The clip goes into the internal magazine. This is the reason why in High Power Rifle competition during the rapid fire stages you load two rounds first and then a magazine or clip with 8 rounds. A M-16 (M1A) and M-16 (AR-15) have magazines.
Buzzkill in Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Last time I saw a Garand, the (magazine/clip) was this little boxy deal that slapped into the top of the weapon and popped out when empty. Was this a variant? (thx, btw, for the clear-up)
Bruce R Pierce in Owensboro, Ky
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 1:23 PM
Buzzkill, I'm glad you pointed out the "UNreasonable to consider", because when you are reasonable about it you understand that the Criminal (unreasonable) will always have access to any weapon they desire. So then it is reasonable to let the reasonable have access to all the weapons he so desires.
BTW the clips to reload the Garand hold 8 cartridges.
wjm in Colorado
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Yes, If you seek to limit magazine size you are an idiot in my opinion. If my wife wants to spray a thirty round magazine down the hallway at an intruder, I hope she hits him or her several times and renders them completely dead. We may look at a different approach if we lived in a city or an appartment as you do in Minny, or had to worry about neighbors, but we don't, so we have appropriate firepower to dispatch any criminal who would do us harm, as we can't rely on any police presence. I have a .22 plinkster, a cheap little gun with a ten round magazine, and I utilze rapid fire to dispatch prarie dogs before they can duck. That is what I call spraying the landscape, and .22 ammunition is cheap, and gets the job done. You fools of the big city just don't seem to have a clue, but the fact remains, when seconds count, the police are minutes (in my case, more likely hours) away. I also have a poster in my office that reads ".45 Auto, because shooting twice is silly". My bedside revolver is a .357 Mag, six shot, and a 12 guage shotgun. My wife has a Smith and Wesson 9mm, I think it holds more than 15 rounds. We both are confident that we will hit what we aim at.
Buzzkill in Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 2:06 PM
"We both are confident that we will hit what we aim at."
So I am left asking: why would you need to spray thirty rounds downrange - risking a round or two through a wall and into another person's person or property - rather than becoming confidently proficient with one bullet?
Without returning the favor of calling you an idiot (unfair and, perhaps, untrue), I am wondering why you - a responsible gun owner - would tolerate carelessness and sloppiness in a high-stress situation with potential for collateral damage?
wjm in Colorado
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 3:33 PM
Do you even comprehend what is written by others. I quite clearly stated that I have no neighbors, and have no worries about hitting anyone other than a perpetrator. I am highly proficient with one or several rounds, and in the heat of battle will continue to fire until the gun is empty or I am sure the miscreant is dead. It is not careless or sloppy, unless you let the criminal live to reciprocate. You might be aware our justice system often sides with the criminal, ask Zimmerman about that. A dead treasspasser can't come back to sue. Colorado law states a mans home is his castle, and you may dispatch anyone who enters unlawfully with extreme prejudice. I will do that, as I won't know what the tresspassers intent is, but will end their existence as if their intent is to kill all occupants.
G Dub in Lee's Summit, MO
Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 5:07 AM
Buzzkill, et al - A very interesting thread. I am out on a limb here, Buzz, but I suspect that you do not have any Military, Law Enforcement, or otherwise tactical training with any sort of firearm. Correct? Well, the way I see it in my home my .45 and / or my Wife’s 9mm will do what is needed if a threat arises. Or my Mossy 12 ga at the side of the bed. But, out in the open – should it ever be needed – pistols are not very good at over 7 meters. My philosophy is to employ them against a threat in order to retreat back to where I can retrieve a long-arm: a Semi-auto rifle. And by God, when I have it I want to “spray lead” to end the threat quickly and compassionately. Whether that threat is a bear, a puma, or a zombie. Now, to the selection of my next long-arm: Gas piston in 6.5 Grendel or 6.8 SPC ???
Brian in Virginia
Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 11:48 AM
"and renders them completely dead" I guess that is better than partially dead? LOL.
Brian in Virginia
Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Buzzkill, the desire to ban large capacity magazines is not the issue on the left...they hate guns since guns threaten their drive to Utopia. Banning large capacity magazines is their attempt to get the camel's nose in the tent...or more properly, further into the tent.
Anton D Rehling in Olympia, WA
Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 12:01 AM
I also thought 5.56 or .223 was not the round I would choose, But, I shot 1/4" steel targets and the LC5.56 drilled through like a hot knife through butter. I have no problem depending upon my Bushmaster to do the job. For long distance over 300 yds I use my Rem 700 Police 300 Win Mag out to 1500 yds with a 225 BTHP.
wjm in Colorado
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:14 AM
From all the comments listed in this post, I can only again come to the conclusion that the marxist statist Democrats are completely insane, or are actively destructive traitors and domestic enemies of the state. Pelosi and Frank may be both.
Son of Liberty in Colorado
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:19 AM
And folks wonder why the Dems are so despised by the Conservatives. Keep your powduh drah, you jest might be aneedin it.
Doug Schexnayder in Vidalia, La.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:24 AM
To speak truth clearly and consistently with the podium or status to do so is a most wonderful thing...becoming endangered though...thank you for that legacy!
Larry N in Elgin IL
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:46 AM
In 1978 I was a freshman undergrad in Economics courses at DePaul U listening to professors smugly bashing capitalism, and with no answers to their platitudes. Then I stumbled upon Friedman's "Capitalism and Freedom," and I was rescued from the intended Liberal brainwashing. Maybe our Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, was thinking of what Dr. Friedman did for me when he recently said, "if we save one child we save the world," but I kinda' doubt it.
Clark in Columbus, Ohio
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 3:47 PM
Right on, Larry! I Googled the PBS series of 10 shows and found them here: http://www.freetochoose.tv/ I never saw them back in the day, but I'm certainly gonna check them out now. Uncle Milty, how we miss ye!
William F. Brna in Monongahela, PA
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:54 AM
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. (Ecclesiastes 10:2 NIV)
Buzzkill in Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:08 PM
"... whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire." Mattthew 5:22 (In the red letters...)
Joel in Decatur, IL
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:47 PM
The directive to make peace with our brother before offering gifts to God does not mean we are to condone our brother's foolish behavior - nor he ours; rather we are to love our brother - and he us - in spite of our differences. Coveting what belongs to others begets foolish behavior, just as does not using the blessings that we have to help our less fortunate brothers and sisters.
wjm in Colorado
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 1:31 PM
I can show no love to traitors, but I pray for their salvation.
Abu Nudnik in Toronto
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:05 PM
I'd like to know of one road or bridge in such disrepair that food can't get to market or a man can't get to a job.
Buzzkill in Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:11 PM
My Dad always told me that if a man wanted something badly enough, he would move Heaven and Earth to get it.
What's a broken bridge or a poorly-kept road?
Love ya, Nudnik!
jksisco in irvine, ca
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:07 PM
I don't think there's been a bigger group of clowns gathered under one administration, than this current adminstration, from the top clown Obama to Biden, Pelosi, Reid and even Axelrod and Jarret. They are tone deaf and think they can always dictate the subject, even though the American Public basically sees things differently. Raising taxes on the wealthy is low on just about everybody's priority list, but, there's Obama bleating on and on about fairness and the need to raise taxes on the wealthy, same with the war on women. I realize that Liberalism is a mental disorder and the well known cure is conservatism.
Howard Last in Wyoming
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Please don't insult clowns by linking them to this group of #$#$#$$## (you fill in the word(s)).
Joel in Decatur, IL
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Milton Friedman was a man who could articulate the principles that many of us hold dear in a way that conveyed the innate goodness of those principles, thereby winning converts around the world. The lessons he taught were not new, and they do not remain learned without repetition. We must therefore be vigilant in our efforts to protect the free society we have inherited and to restore the private sector and free markets to their rightful place as the most effective engine for progress ever conceived.
Disabled Vet in Pocatello, ID
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:38 PM
By all acounts it seems that Milton Friedman was a very wise & astute individual. It is a real shame that Obama never bothered to sample any of his teachings. I also thought it was rather clever that you ask for opinions regarding Mr. Friedman, then follow it immediately with a story about how Government (General) Motors has 'survived' its bankruptcy period by providing subprime loans allowing people to buy cars that they cannot afford nor qualify for. Bottom line, here we go again. Only this time it will be automobiles that will see a boom/bust scenario - just like the housing industry. Oh, by the way, did you catch that Obama has opened the doors to more subprime loans for homes knowing full well that these homes will require a massive 'bailout' whereby the taxpayer will wind up paying the cost of the foreclosed or subsidized home. Further & further we are driven into massive debt, now from as many new angles as possible.
Major Stu in Peru, IN
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Meanwhile we continually hear the droning of the Democrats in charge about "we can't go back to the policies that caused this mess in the first place."
Howie in Omaha, NE.
Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 1:27 AM
"There does not exist an engine so corruptive of the government and so demoralizing of the nation as a public debt It will bring on us more ruin at home than all the enemies from abroad.~~Thomas Jefferson
Bill DFelice in McKeesport,PA.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:55 PM
Milton Freeman: A real American Patriot!
Carol Covert in S.C.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:56 PM
I don't understand how raising taxes will create jobs when the businesses will have less money to expand or even stay solvent because of the tax increases. Is the government going to turn around and give that money to businesses so they can hire more people? Why tax me when I don't have a business; and therefore, I won't be hiring anyone? As you can see, I'm not an economist so I must be missing something. Can someone explain it to me? ( By the way, won't the government waste that extra tax money on more fluff?)
Brian in Virginia
Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 11:37 AM
Even though you are not an economist, you are absolutely correct: raises taxes on busninesses will result in LESS business expansion/hiring and could result in business contraction/firing. The government is notoriously inefficient with money, that is why they have to take so much!
Largeness in Michigan
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:57 PM
Gun Control has always been about CONTROL, and never about Guns. If you would hve been able to give George Washington an AR-15 (or Garand / M14 / or even an M1 Carbine), then the British would have left sooner. Take a look at currently Military organization of the light infantry - You have Snipers with high accuracy and low round count, Riflemen or "Designated Marksmen" that have accurized weapons with large round count, and so on down to the ones that are assigned the SAW (250 round belt) for cover and area denial. What revolutionarian in 177x would not have traded his musket for a modern weapon? The PEOPLE need enough to keep Government at bay.
Ken Lundgren in Shakopee,MN
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 1:16 PM
What can I say, it's TRUE..