*RUSSIAN LEADER VLADIMIR PUTIN WARNS U.S. OF DANGERS OF SOCIALISM* REAL NEWS - [email protected]
(Common sense, politically incorrect newsletter to 12,423subscribers) RUSSIAN LEADER VLADIMIR PUTIN WARNS U.S. OF DANGERS OF SOCIALISM By The Wall Street Journal Is Russia rising from something worse (communism) and the United States falling from something better (free enterprise)? Are we going to "meet in the middle" = state fascism? Who could possibly have predicted this a few years ago: the Kremlin singing praises for free enterprise and warning the U.S. about the dangers of socialism! Yet that's exactly what happened in January at the annual World Economic Forum, an international gathering of business giants, politicians, activists, journalists, intellectuals, celebrities and other influential figures in the Swiss city of Davos. Speaking about the current economic crisis, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the assembled glitterati: "In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state's role absolute. In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated." "Nor should we turn a blind eye to the fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal responsibility of business-people, investors, and shareholders for their decisions, is being eroded in the last few months. There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state." This is mind-boggling. Putin sounded "more like Barry Goldwater than any Russian leader I ever heard of." But Putin went further, warning against the dangers of military expansionism as a means of solving economic woes. "Unfortunately, we are increasingly hearing the argument that the buildup of military spending could solve today's social and economic problems. The logic is simple enough. Additional military allocations create new jobs. "At a glance, this sounds like a good way of fighting the crisis and unemployment. This policy might even be quite effective in the short term. But in the longer run, militarization won't solve the problem but will rather quell it temporarily. What it will do is squeeze huge financial and other resources from the economy instead of finding better and wiser uses for them." Of course, Putin's remarks should fool no one into forgetting his brutal violations of civil liberties and human rights, and the massive restrictions on economic liberty he supports. But this was one truly weird moment in history. A Russian leader is now telling Americans that their turn toward statism and militarism is harmful both to themselves and to the world is a turn of events no one of my generation could possibly have imagined, certainly not anyone who values human liberty. It is a sad and telling commentary that no American leader of any stature, aside from Representative Ron Paul, has the courage to tell us what we need to hear." ------------------------------------ *"THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE" AND PAT DOLLARD REPORTED: * "We must not revert to isolationism and unrestrained economic egotism . . . Excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the state's omnipotence is another possible mistake. True, the state's increased role in times of crisis is a natural reaction to market setbacks. Instead of streamlining market mechanisms, some are tempted to expand state economic intervention to the greatest possible extent . . . In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state's role absolute. In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated." This is really pathetic. Even Russian President Vlad Putin is warning the US against socialism: You know things are out of control when Communist China is lecturing democrats on protectionism and now the former head of the KGB is lecturing US democrats against socialism. Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin has said the US should take a lesson from the pages of Russian history and not exercise "excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the state's omnipotence." "In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state's role absolute," Putin said during a speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated." Sounding more like Barry Goldwater than the former head of the KGB, Putin said, "Nor should we turn a blind eye to the fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal responsibility of business people, investors, and shareholders for their decisions, is being eroded in the last few months. There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state." Putin also cautioned the US against using military Keynesianism to lift its economy out of recession, saying, "in the longer run, militarization won't solve the problem but will rather quell it temporarily. What it will do is squeeze huge financial and other resources from the economy instead of finding better and wiser uses for them." 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