Thursday, May 31, 2007
Socialists Unite!
Chilling are these words from the Democrat front-runner for President: There is no greater force for economic growth than free markets. But markets work best with rules that promote our values, protect our workers and give all people a chance to succeed [...] Fairness doesn't just happen. It requires the right government policies.
Hilary is promoting that the government decide what is 'fair' in order to control the free market. In other words, she's promoting a non-free market. Not good. How really does her statement differ from this? Social fairness is a vital issue in the building of a congenial socialist society. If social fairness is lacking, the building of such a society will be out of the question. In order to attack (sic) due importance to social fairness, the relationship between economic efficiency and social fairness must be properly handled. That's from Liu Guoguang of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs in the Peoples Republic of China.
Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, upon closing down a popular television station which was often critical of him, said he was democratizing the airwaves by turning the network's signal over to public use.
That rings a bell as well. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) in his perennial quest to bring back the fairness doctrine says he would introduce a bill to re-establish the public's control of its airwaves. The Fairness Doctrine is as clear an example of Orwellian New speak as exists.
There's a Latin legal maxim for statutory interpretation--Noscitur a sociis (It is known by the company it keeps). If your statements are hard to distinguish from hardcore socialist dictators and bureaucrats, then perhaps you're a hardcore socialist yourself. Chilling, indeed.
Hilary is promoting that the government decide what is 'fair' in order to control the free market. In other words, she's promoting a non-free market. Not good. How really does her statement differ from this? Social fairness is a vital issue in the building of a congenial socialist society. If social fairness is lacking, the building of such a society will be out of the question. In order to attack (sic) due importance to social fairness, the relationship between economic efficiency and social fairness must be properly handled. That's from Liu Guoguang of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs in the Peoples Republic of China.
Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, upon closing down a popular television station which was often critical of him, said he was democratizing the airwaves by turning the network's signal over to public use.
That rings a bell as well. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) in his perennial quest to bring back the fairness doctrine says he would introduce a bill to re-establish the public's control of its airwaves. The Fairness Doctrine is as clear an example of Orwellian New speak as exists.
There's a Latin legal maxim for statutory interpretation--Noscitur a sociis (It is known by the company it keeps). If your statements are hard to distinguish from hardcore socialist dictators and bureaucrats, then perhaps you're a hardcore socialist yourself. Chilling, indeed.
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