Do free market advocates care about the plight of the poor? In this video, Professor Matt Zwolinski from the University of San Diego argues that both free market advocates and social justice proponents can agree that the rules of a just society should work for the maximum advantage of its poorest members. They differ, however, mainly on HOW to achieve the best results for the poor.
Lots of leftists these days are down on capitalism, but how many of these pampered protesters have really thought through their positions? Step into an alternate reality where capitalism doesn’t exist, and everyone’s free to scrounge for government handouts of coffee and gruel, and to dodge the riot police. This mix of It’s A Wonderful Life and Groundhog Day was created by the Fund for American Studies. H/T IMAO
“If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” So said President Obama July 13 in a speech at Roanoke, Virginia. And with those words, he cast aspersions on all of America’s business owners, denigrating their hard work, intelligence, leadership and vision, implying whatever they accomplished, got served to them on a silver spoon. Obama’s administration has been openly hostile to businesses from the get-go, imposing vast reams of regulations that have contributed to the country’s economic malaise and abysmal job-creation record. But by so nakedly expressing the anti-capitalist ideology behind his policies, Obama has met his Waterloo.
Why the free market is a bathroom scale. Thoughts of satirist P.J. O’Rourke from his book DON’T VOTE! IT JUST ENCOURAGES THE BASTARDS.
