[rogue yam]

Tea Party ideas — social programs don’t work, taxes and regulations are bad, helping people is not government’s role and best left to churches — have become the holy writ for many, who maybe don’t know we tried laissez faire in the 19th century and the resulting horror led to the government regulation and safety net now under attack.

What a maroon. Times have changed since the 19th century bub!

[Chi-townChief]

I get a kick out of Steinberg’s comments about the “rich guys’ yachts” as if he doesn’t have quite a few pesos stashed away for himself.

[hinckley buzzard]

We never had "Laissez faire" in the nimeteenth century. That is a lie commonly believed by people ignorant of history. Well maybe 1800 to 1820.

Most of the nineteenth century's economy was dominated by government involvement and corruption.