http://jimbovard.com/blog/2009/02/24/bipartisan-destruction-of-free-markets/ Author James Bovard Mon, 21 May 2012 16:51:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2009/02/24/bipartisan-destruction-of-free-markets/#comment-120045 Marc Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:59:57 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=715#comment-120045 The world's first democracy in Athens was a miserable flop. Insatiable quest for empire was the primary cause. Our political experiment is not only making exactly the same blunder but also compounding rapidly growing economic problems with more and more government largess enabled with fiat money. The change that Obama had promised appears to be little more than propping up politically favored corporations which should be liquidated, command economy scale pork barrel spending and escalating the completely senseless war in Afghanistan. Some change - would an F- for originality of vision be fair grade? The world’s first democracy in Athens was a miserable flop. Insatiable quest for empire was the primary cause. Our political experiment is not only making exactly the same blunder but also compounding rapidly growing economic problems with more and more government largess enabled with fiat money. The change that Obama had promised appears to be little more than propping up politically favored corporations which should be liquidated, command economy scale pork barrel spending and escalating the completely senseless war in Afghanistan. Some change - would an F- for originality of vision be fair grade?

]]> http://jimbovard.com/blog/2009/02/24/bipartisan-destruction-of-free-markets/#comment-120032 Peter Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:29:01 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=715#comment-120032 meaning, if the FDIC eats Citi/BoA like it is eating all the smaller banks, what happens? meaning, if the FDIC eats Citi/BoA like it is eating all the smaller banks, what happens?

]]> http://jimbovard.com/blog/2009/02/24/bipartisan-destruction-of-free-markets/#comment-120031 Peter Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:28:06 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=715#comment-120031 what happens if Citi/BoA go belly up? anything? what happens if Citi/BoA go belly up? anything?

]]> http://jimbovard.com/blog/2009/02/24/bipartisan-destruction-of-free-markets/#comment-120030 Dirk W. Sabin Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:48:13 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=715#comment-120030 Fiat Money has the government and economy it deserves. After all, penury is the best friend of the authoritarian Bureaucrat, it justifies more government to compensate for the many mistakes of government. Democracy becomes Grabass, always good fun for the mob and automatically enriching for the various subcontractors to the government who find extended cover for their various extortions because the people, such as they are, remain fixated on their asses. Those who are goosed the most naturally evolve a high goose-stepping militia. Fiat Money has the government and economy it deserves. After all, penury is the best friend of the authoritarian Bureaucrat, it justifies more government to compensate for the many mistakes of government. Democracy becomes Grabass, always good fun for the mob and automatically enriching for the various subcontractors to the government who find extended cover for their various extortions because the people, such as they are, remain fixated on their asses. Those who are goosed the most naturally evolve a high goose-stepping militia.

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