--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunsh...@...> wrote: > > On Mar 3, 2010, at 11:49 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > > > However, the study alerts us to something that is much more important, and > > that is that the European welfare states are not making their citizens > > wealthier. > > Says who? This article does not quote one > reputable source or statistic. And anyway, that isn't the > function of good government--its function is > to provide for all its citizens, so that people > don't go homeless, hungry, and have good schools, > roads, medical care, etc. > > Here's what Wikipedia has to say about this > wonderful organization Shemp cites as his > authority (note its place of origin--quelle > surprise) > > "The Ludwig von Mises Institute (LvMI), based in Auburn, Alabama... > Its scholarship is inspired by the work of Austrian School economist Ludwig > von Mises." > > Hmmm...let's see now--an organization in the heart > of the Deep South founded by a quasi-white supremacist
Ludwig Von Mises escaped from the Nazis and fled to America because of his partly Jewish heritage. Far from being a quasi-white supremacist, Sal. > born in the Victorian Age...that's Shemp's idea of scholarship. > > "The Institute is generally critical of statism and democracy, with the > latter being described in Institute publications as "coercive"[5], > "incompatible with wealth creation"[6] "replete with inner contradictions"[7] > and a system " of legalized graft." > Von Mises was a great advocate of democracy, Sal, and felt that democracy along with a free market went hand in hand. > Lovely. He then goes on to offer completely anecdotal > "evidence" of how Germany's dental-care system is > so much worse than in the US, based entirely on how an > office "looked." Strangely enough, he never provides any > statistics on either the dental or medical system in the > US that would bolster his argument. > > "While East Berlin was likened to being the "Paris" of the then-communist > world, it was more like a huge time warp in which one was placed back in > 1948. The entire city was shabby, and what new construction there was had the > appearance and attractiveness of a typical American public housing project." > > Apparently he's never been to Chicago, Detroit, > Birmingham, etc. This genius is the best you > can do, Shemp? Sad. > > Sal >
