tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post5546748668339015006..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: Free Markets and Impatient People: Rand Paul's history of Republican declineSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-85988460748211939082013-04-13T11:02:02.269-04:002013-04-13T11:02:02.269-04:001) If there is no punishment for acting in an immo...1) If there is no punishment for acting in an immoral (though not illegal) manner, then of what use are morals? The fact is, far too many capitalists are, by nature, amoral in that their main (or only) focus is on accumulating personal wealth - at all costs. (As long as they are not the individuals paying that cost.) <br />The <b>only</b> way to ensure "moral" behavior is through government-enforced regulations, which capitalists hate. Why? Because, as stated earlier, they are by nature amoral creatures.<br /><br />2) Patience does not put food on the table. Patience does not pay the rent or utilities bills. Since the founding of this nation over two hundred years ago, we have been patient. Read the history of the coal miners and other workers groups who were so downtrodden they had no choice but to unionize and because of this, many of them and their families were physically abused, their homes burned down and in some cases, they were murdered. There comes a time when payment must be made for these crimes against humanity. The longer we put it off, the higher the price will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-23510639999003235532013-04-12T13:17:43.818-04:002013-04-12T13:17:43.818-04:00It's not really accurate to say that free-mark...It's not really accurate to say that free-market apologists ignore human nature. Many of them (though not the libertarians, necessarily) are also traditional moralists precisely because they believe a certain moral code is necessary for the market to work properly. It is fair to say that many of them are unrealistically idealistic about human nature at the same time.<br /><br />Comment #2: I wouldn't put it so violently but until people like Paul can explain why the poor should be "patient" (whatever that entails in material terms) they should expect such responses.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-32474260373073530432013-04-12T07:28:12.085-04:002013-04-12T07:28:12.085-04:00What makes the Kentuckian tick? The same thing th...What makes the Kentuckian tick? The same thing that makes all of his ilk tick. Greed. Selfishness. The ingrained notion that he is better than the bulk of Americans and therefore is entitled to more pie than the rest of us.<br /><br />We should continually show patience, to tighten our belts, to accept lower and lower standards of living while he and his masters live well off of OUR labor. Maybe someone needs to take 5 pounds of patience and shove it down Rand Paul's throat with a pool cue.<br /><br />In the 100 years of the 20th century, there are only 3 decades where the market could have said to have worked. The 20s, the 50s and the 90s. Even then, it did NOT work for 100% of the people.<br /><br />The market will ONLY ever work for a handful at the top because that handful at the top control the market, and as history shows again and again, those at the top to NOT share and do NOT give up their ill-gotten wealth and power easily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-306675651602828752013-04-12T07:21:39.949-04:002013-04-12T07:21:39.949-04:00What is free about the free market? The problem w...What is free about the free market? The problem with the free market - the problem ALWAYS ignored by it's defenders is human nature. Without strict regulation, the free market becomes the plaything of greedy men who lack morals and ethics.<br /><br />I can only accept that repugnicans ignore this problem because it is part and parcel of their very core. Maybe it's about time they start telling the top people to "have patients" when they whine about their profit margin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com