Comments on: Obama plans to shield us from ourselves in 2008, and ultimately destroy the “Shining City on a Hill” http://www.politicallore.com/politics/election-2008/obama-plans-to-shield-us-from-ourselves-in-2008-and-ultimately-destroy-the-shining-city-on-a-hill/197 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:54:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Kathy http://www.politicallore.com/politics/election-2008/obama-plans-to-shield-us-from-ourselves-in-2008-and-ultimately-destroy-the-shining-city-on-a-hill/197/comment-page-1#comment-8501 Kathy Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:52:21 +0000 http://www.politicallore.com/election-2008/obama-plans-to-shield-us-from-ourselves-in-2008-and-ultimately-destroy-the-shining-city-on-a-hill/197#comment-8501 When the rich get richer, it doesn't necessarily follow that the poor get poorer. When the rich get poorer, they stop buying their luxury items thus putting the people that make said luxury items out of business. Way too many Americans seem to be willing to shoot themselves in the foot in order to get back at those that have more than them. Small, petty minds will bring this country down. When the rich get richer, it doesn’t necessarily follow that the poor get poorer. When the rich get poorer, they stop buying their luxury items thus putting the people that make said luxury items out of business. Way too many Americans seem to be willing to shoot themselves in the foot in order to get back at those that have more than them. Small, petty minds will bring this country down.

]]> By: gordo http://www.politicallore.com/politics/election-2008/obama-plans-to-shield-us-from-ourselves-in-2008-and-ultimately-destroy-the-shining-city-on-a-hill/197/comment-page-1#comment-8104 gordo Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:39:48 +0000 http://www.politicallore.com/election-2008/obama-plans-to-shield-us-from-ourselves-in-2008-and-ultimately-destroy-the-shining-city-on-a-hill/197#comment-8104 I don't know who told you that there weren't any business regulations in the early days of the United States. And there are a lot of examples of countries that use the laissez-faire system that you advocate. Countries like the Philippines, Indonesia, and El Salvador feature low taxes and few regulations. We know these countries collectively as "the third world". It's easy to see why these countries have trouble developing. Like the US before the 1930s, they go through a constant cycle of booms and devastating busts, wiping out most of their entrepreneurs in the process. Their workforces are inefficient, due to poor health and education. As America turns away from modern economic theory, and back toward the theories that led us into the Great Depression, we drift further from the developed world, and closer to the third world. The value of our currency slides, our debts pile up, and the rates of poverty and homelessness increase. Already, Canada and many Western European nations boast a higher standard of living than the US. That wasn't true before your hero built his "shining city on the hill." If you're on a downward slide, it's time for a change in direction. I don’t know who told you that there weren’t any business regulations in the early days of the United States. And there are a lot of examples of countries that use the laissez-faire system that you advocate. Countries like the Philippines, Indonesia, and El Salvador feature low taxes and few regulations. We know these countries collectively as “the third world”.

It’s easy to see why these countries have trouble developing. Like the US before the 1930s, they go through a constant cycle of booms and devastating busts, wiping out most of their entrepreneurs in the process. Their workforces are inefficient, due to poor health and education.

As America turns away from modern economic theory, and back toward the theories that led us into the Great Depression, we drift further from the developed world, and closer to the third world. The value of our currency slides, our debts pile up, and the rates of poverty and homelessness increase. Already, Canada and many Western European nations boast a higher standard of living than the US. That wasn’t true before your hero built his “shining city on the hill.”

If you’re on a downward slide, it’s time for a change in direction.

]]> By: Falcon http://www.politicallore.com/politics/election-2008/obama-plans-to-shield-us-from-ourselves-in-2008-and-ultimately-destroy-the-shining-city-on-a-hill/197/comment-page-1#comment-8097 Falcon Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:40:02 +0000 http://www.politicallore.com/election-2008/obama-plans-to-shield-us-from-ourselves-in-2008-and-ultimately-destroy-the-shining-city-on-a-hill/197#comment-8097 Regulations exist for a reason. Under a completely free market, monopolies reign, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. No minimum wage, no child labour laws, no environmental standards...this article is a too self righteous in its conservative views of the economy. Regulations exist for a reason. Under a completely free market, monopolies reign, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. No minimum wage, no child labour laws, no environmental standards…this article is a too self righteous in its conservative views of the economy.

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