They already tried this in Soviet Russia, Maoist China, North Korea and Cuba. How well did that work out? That’s the direction we’re going under Obamaism, and so far as I can see this is the direction both parties are taking us.
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Jetsons Episode 5,437: the Kroger vending machine
We are surrounded every day by the glories of free enterprise and risk tasking. We don’t have to lobby for the progress. We don’t have to vote for it. We don’t have to stop our lives and get involved in some stupid pressure group and march around with signs that say: “we want to do our grocery shopping through vending machines!!”
In defence of capitalism, the most virtuous economic system yet devised
Under the various forms of corporatism tried by fascist and socialist regimes, by contrast, someone else – generally a state official – gets to allocate the goodies, guaranteeing favouritism and corruption. – MEP Daniel Hannan
“Vulture” Capitalism is a Contradiction in Terms
No system is infallible, but capitalism is by far the best one because it rewards and punishes the right things. It’s politicians — on both the left and right, these days — who are the true vultures.
Crony capitalism is failing; let’s try the real thing
Capitalism is the greatest tool of wealth creation, social advance and economic development ever known. Conservatives must make the moral case for real capitalism, and take action against crony capitalism — and the culture that created it.
Here’s why I love ‘greed,’ and so should you
When I say greed, I am not talking about fraud, theft, dishonesty, lobbying for special privileges from government or other forms of despicable behavior. I’m talking about people trying to get as much as they can for themselves. Let’s look at it. – Walter Williams via Washington Examiner
Two Visions: The Nativity vs. the Occupiers
One demands the abolition of capitalism; it is a sign of anger and despair. The other brings us goodness and light.
Peter Schiff Responds to Obama’s “Failure of Capitalism” Speech in Kansas
Schiff picks apart the President’s ignorance of history, economics, and general cluelessness on all things having to do with jobs and economy.
Whitewashing History, Obama Style
[Obama] is damning the torpedoes and continuing to pursue a liberal, progressive agenda that has proven to be a failure. As they have for the past three years, Americans will pay the price. Mike Brownfield December 9, 2011 at Heritage Foundation If U.S. history is a painting on a giant canvas, President Barack Obama’s speech this week in Osawatomie, Kansas, is a thick coat of whitewash layered all over it, and the failure of the last three years lies underneath. […]
Whitewashing History, Obama Style
[Obama] is damning the torpedoes and continuing to pursue a liberal, progressive agenda that has proven to be a failure. As they have for the past three years, Americans will pay the price.