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Greed

BraddocksGold Wrote: Oct 24, 2012 3:41 AM
Liberalism: I can't compete with you so I need the government to do it for me. The only reason liberals bash greed is because they are so full of it. In the same way, they see racism in others. O'Reilly dilutes the conservative message as a strategy for job security.
Parker01 Wrote: Oct 24, 2012 9:41 AM
Democrats are greedy for political power and they achieve it by promoting and spreading the disease of covetousness. The problem with Republicans is they never do anything to cure the disease. They merely treat the symptoms and slow the heart rate. i.e., they put ice on the wound to slow the bleeding. They never actually heal the disease. After a while, they too, become obsessed with the greed and lust for the power of being a politician.
Hunrodr Wrote: Oct 24, 2012 5:50 AM
the liberals of today don't stand for what real liberals stand for. they are being defined incorrectly, they are progressives.
Tacitus X Wrote: Oct 24, 2012 6:35 AM
Why? They're not for "progress" either. They are progressive only in the sense that cancer is a progressive disease. Best to call them leftists or statists.
Jay Wye Wrote: Oct 24, 2012 8:25 PM
the Communists of the USSR called themselves "progressives",the communists of Red China call themselves "progressives",communists of Central and South America call themselves "progressives".Communists worldwide call themselves "progressives".
So,"progressive" DOES equal socialist/communist.
socialism is the first,necessary step to communism.
But people make too much about minor differences in definitions,when essentially and practically speaking,socialism IS communism.
On TV, my Fox colleague Bill O'Reilly says, "The recession was brought on largely by greedy Wall Street corporations."

Give me a break.

Bill's smart. If he believes such things, we who care about freedom have done a poor job communicating economics.

Blaming problems on "greed" is a mindless cliche.

Yes, Wall Street was greedy -- but that's nothing new. Greed is a constant. Did you ever turn down a raise? We need a free market because it restrains greed. Laws against theft and fraud help, but competition does more. With this election approaching, and statist, eager-to-regulate candidates in ascent, we...

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