Comments on: The Tattlesnake – Them That’s Got and Stan Getz Edition https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=5916 The Blog of BartCop.com Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 By: grimgold https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=5916&cpage=1#comment-46262 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:51:46 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=5916#comment-46262 Your FDR comments sent chills through my conservative bones because by “right” FDR could have ment government enforcement. In other words, having a “right to a good education” could mean government schools, paid for by tax payers, in which anyone could go to Harvard or Stanford reguardless of qualifications.
On the other hand it could mean the setting up of the junior college system which has worked very well.
It’s a balancing act – regulation vs. market forces. Obviously the govt can be either too heavy handed or oblivious.
The fed govt created this current crisis by putting pressure on business to make home loans to people who could not qualify or make payments (too heavy handed) and then handed free money to banks without visibility or accountability (oblivious).
The free market isn’t always the answer, but it can be very efficient in rooting out the crooks (Madoff) and inefficient (General Motors).
I, of course, really like your forth FDR point: “The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad.”

I say we also need a tax system (federal consumption tax) that can compete world wide, more transparency in the dealings of the business world and (very importantly) in government, and a dollar that is no longer fiat.
I’m going to resist going on and on at this point.
Have an excellent day. Grimmy

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