Was not the whole point of free-market capitalism that the market, allegedly, regulates itself? We stop buying Chinese toys when too many of them contain lead or other toxic materials? If too many jets from the same airline, crash, then I’m done flying with that airline. The risk of losing business is the only incentive [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Trickle Up Poverty
Posted in Bailout, Congress, Politics, Wall Street, economics, economy, tagged Bailout, Capitalism, Congress, economics, economy, free market, government bailout, laissez-faire, Politics, the big bailout, Wall Street, Wall Street Bailout on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Everything Changed”: Seven Years of Patriotic Fear in the Home of the Brave
Posted in 9/11, Americans, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Politics, Republican National Convention, Republicans, September 11th, USA, citizenship, civil liberties, democracy, freedom, liberty, media, news media, political parties, politicians, presidential elections, terrorism, terrorists, tagged 9/11, Americans, citizenship, civil liberties, democracy, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, freedom, liberty, media, news media, political parties, politicians, Politics, presidential elections, Republican National Convention, Republicans, September 11th, terrorism, terrorists, USA on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Countless times we’ve been reminded that “the world changed on 9/11.”
In both parties’ National Conventions, we heard it again.
Everything changed.
This durable one-liner isn’t just a limp platitude anymore. Nowadays, it’s the alibi when politicians tinker with democracy, and the rationale when citizens lower their standards of what it means to be American and Free. [...]
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