No disrespect Harry. But in answer to your question, So, how can there be a "free market idealogue"?
I suggest you look in the mirror. arthur -----Original Message----- From: Harry Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 5:26 PM To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Futurework] Exit ramp for Europe (collateral damage on Tar C reek) Arthur, People have been exchanging with each other since the beginning of time. They have also been taking care of the unfortunate since the beginning. These are quite natural things for humans to do So, how can there be a "free market idealogue"? It's rather like suggesting that someone who advocates deep breathing of air is an "oxygen ideologue". However, there is such a thing as a "welfare state ideologue". For the welfare state is a contrivance of people who surely can be described as "welfare state ideologues". There is no merit in a welfare state. It is a gesture of defeat. The people produce. Much of the production is stolen from them. The thieves are taxed on their loot. The proceeds of taxation are in part given back to people, and the welfare ideologues take credit. For what? While they play with the meritless welfare state, they have forgotten why welfare is needed. And as they are ideologues, they will never turn from doing the wrong thing in preference to the right thing. Harry ---------------------------------------- Arthur wrote: >What I meant to say is that free market idealogues suddenly see merit in a >welfare state: Looking down that barrel helps them to think more "clearly." >Survival is suddenly about trade offs and the trade offs look reasonable. >Enlightened self-interest. > >arthur **************************************************** Harry Pollard Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 http://home.attbi.com/~haledward **************************************************** _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
