Laissez-Faire Capitalism Should Be as Dead as Soviet Communism (A. Huffington of course)

RealClearPolitics ^ | December 23, 2008 | Arianna Huffington

[silverleaf]

I’m confused.

Does Arianna Huffington enjoy a privileged life because of a fortune she (or her man) made under communism, capitalism, or socialism?

[mjp]

anyone who continues to make the case that markets do best when left alone

The ideals of free markets are individual rights, freedom,private property,reason,limited government,consistency with human nature, justice as its ruling principle,productiveness rather than parasitism, and non initiation of force.If someone is against free markets then he is against those ideals.

[jveritas]

What Limousine liberals like Huffington want is the death of capitalism that allows a strong middle class which is independent from government handouts. The biggest problem for Limousine liberals is the existence of this Middle class that can survive and flourish on its own without the need for government handouts.

Limousine liberals are socialists who want less 1% of the population, them and their families, to control 100% of the wealth and power in the country. The remaining 99% of the population should be totally dependent on government welfare with much lower standards of living (EU standards of living) then what we have now. In return for the welfare they keep voting the Limousine Liberals in power until such a time when there is no need for elections and limousine liberals will be in power for over.

Limousine liberals are by far the most dangerous segment of our society and their socialist liberal ideology is the most dangerous to the existence of our Republic.

PS: The people who badly messed up the financial system are liberal democrats in Congress and the owners of most failed financial institutions who are the typical Limousine Liberals from very liberal states.

[Retain Mike]

All of these “models” belong in a dimension of outer darkness and unbelievably even receive credibility from our President. Bush electing to abandon free market principles to save the free market system highlights Administration credulous, unreasoned economic pursuits. Whatever financial costs the people of this country must pay now to adhere to principle pales before the latter costs incurred, if markets are forced merely to postpone consequences. True solutions reaffirm the inexorability for market forces to countermand private and government fiscal sorcery, and to incorporate risk within all economic activities.
Government nationalization of private firms feeds addictions to power equivalent to chemical and pornography entrapments. The only beneficiaries are the patricians and private sector allies, who retain power by finding shelter within the debacles they fabricated. These ever more fragile constructs defer a final reckoning effecting everyone.

Proper government involvement means the Federal Reserve, in concert with Treasury and Justice, applies persuasion to private sector firms. Brutal persuasion, just short of torture as condemned by Geneva Conventions, enables private companies to discover programs for market clearing asset prices. They also form new companies absent flagging management and labor attributes.

The framers of our Constitution possessed the intelligence, pragmatism, and integrity to say this country would promote the general welfare. They rejected the impetuous arrogance enabling a declaration the Treasury Secretary would ensure protection of home values, college funds, retirement accounts, savings, executive severance packages, homeowners hip, lifetime employment, corporate wealth, political careers, and union benefits.

Here is Free Republic link to Bush article:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149830/posts

[Clock King]

Has this woman ever produced anything in her life worth a damn?

[denydenydeny]

I wish these people would understand that anything that replaces laissez-faire means a drastic reduction in human freedom.

Or maybe, I guess, they do.