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>Patriotic Millionaires Unmasked  - Peter Schiff - Euro Pacific Capital
Thanks for your response Verboten. Much of what you have stated i would readily agree with. However, i think you have mischaracterised my position somewhat. i did not make the case for governments inserting themselves into the business cycle at any time other than when the economy is tanking and i certainly did not advocate that governments spend our tax dollars to beef up the military. i merely stated that there are times when the government intervening in the buisness cycle is appropriate and that their doing so does not always result in malinvestment, as Conservatives would have us believe.

However, you were sadly mistaken to state that governments do not have human values. If not governments, then who do you think passes laws against such things as murder and theft? And if the government was truely amoral, then they would, just like their corporate counterparts, not give two hoots about anything other than their own bottom line. But we do not expect our governments to show a profit, nor should we. We expect them to stand up for the values we care most about. That is why things such as abortion, gay rights, access to contraception and legalizing marijuana were major issues in the last election.


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Beginning of the headline :Despite the breathless post-election "think pieces" that have drawn sweeping and deeply considered conclusions about the political drift of the country, at its core President Obama's re-election is easy to understand. He essentially promised millions of middle and working class voters that if he were to be re-elected, they would receive benefits paid for by the rich... Read More
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