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Ronald Reagan warned while he was president that government's view of the economy could be summarized with, "If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Now WND's new "I WANT YOU TO FIGHT SOCIALISM" Pin is the top seller at the WND Superstore.
The pin is part of WND's latest line of banners, buttons and bumper stickers. The series of products features an exclusive, original design of a vintage Reagan that is modeled after the iconic Uncle Sam recruitment posters of the World War I era.
And, lest we forget, Bloom County reported on the impact of The Great Communicator's vision as it happened:
Let us also not forget that libertarians of the time were skeptical of Reagan's true conservatism: The Myths of Reaganomics - Murray N. Rothbard - Mises Institute.
From About the Mises Institute: "You have found the world center of the Austrian School of economics and libertarian political and social theory."
2 comments:
Ronbo's "Trickle Down Economics" I describe as "piss on my head and tell me it's raining". Reagan's policies are still with us, he raised taxes, but more than anything he started the deregulation express. The "make gov't small enough to drown in the bath tub" comment of Grover Norquist only pertained to things non-military.
Today the conservatives keep pulling the Weekend at Berine's routine with Reagan, spout things that he never actually followed through on.
Thanks for the Rothbard link. That's quite something. It reminds me of what libertarians stand for. As opposed to what most people who say they're libertarians stand for. Not that I'm either. But at least it makes a little more sense as a viewpoint when Rothbard talks about it this way (instead of being layered in inconsistency - David Brudnoy (may he rest in peace) was frequently guiltly of this inconsistency, in spite of consistently claiming he was a libertarian. And he's hardly alone.)
That said. . .If people believe that government can do no good, why don't they try hanging out in the places with the least government? I think they're called failed states (lately).
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