Posted on 01/04/2012 4:20:22 AM PST by billflax
Remember those cartoons with the feisty Confederate snarling, “Lee surrendered. I didn’t.” Well, Dixie has risen, but it seems more “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” Southern Hospitality now welcomes corporations as it once did travelers.
There is little respite from the national economic doldrums Americans endure due to debased dollars, tax and regulatory uncertainty plus a popular culture increasingly resentful of success. But internal shifts signal that the South beats the North in more than just SEC football dominance.
The South long disdained Yankee capitalism, but now in many respects she exhibits freer markets than her historic rival. Slavery, the ultimate infringement on freedom, severely impeded development. Adam Smith and numerous others long observed its debilitating drain on productivity.
In addition to crushing the spirits of slaves and corrupting the character of masters, slavery thwarted technological innovation and incarcerated capital in sub-optimal uses. Southern economic prowess proved illusory. Rebel forces fought ferociously, but wilted before the better fed, equipped and armed Union juggernaut.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
It has been said before:
This Election is about Freedom.
Pretty simple?
The North (and California) are big government states while the south (and the Dakotas) are business friendly. If you own a business, would you base it in California, New York or Connecticut or in North Dakota, Texas, or Virginia?
In the column, the writer rolled out the old canards about segregation, etc. He ignores the laws passed through the 60’s that routinely put the south at economic disadvantages, and stripped tax revenue, sending it to the northeast.
Unions have destroyed the rust belt.
The south are right to work states.
ping
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¨The American Trinity on every coin.¨ —D Prager
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