Absolutely! Whether intended or not, government regulation strangles small businesses. Further, this constant picking of winners and losers through subsidies and the illustrious tax breaks are not based on fairness, or forbid me to say, a free market approach, but rather who has the dough to buy votes.
Equality is a powerful, but not fully understood word. If this country wants to see true growth and ingenuity, then it needs to stop propping up big businesses on the backs of small companies!
RIP Ms. Thatcher. Thank you for inspiring generations of women, including my wife!
Absolutely, well said, Phil. It's difficult to feel all that "free" when tax freedom day in NYS is now up to May 6. That means nearly 35% of YOUR hard earned income goes to pay for whatever YOUR government decides it should. Mandates, pension funds for the politically connected, tax breaks for corporations, Obamacare, SAFE Act, Wars, foreign aid, the list goes on and on. Until we, the people can decide where our money goes and who we choose to assist ( i believe charities will benefit the most from less government largess, through personal support) , we are not free. We all have to begin making government work for us, not the other way around. Albert Einstein is often credited as saying " Doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result, is the definition of insanity" . You do have choices.
...And what if "economic liberty" meant installing a spent uranium disposal sight next-door to your home? I have no idea what that ( ) Thatcher meant by "economic liberty." Without corporate regulation we would be living in a world of dead lakes and rivers, unbreathable air and caches of toxic chemicals and likely still compensated at $3.15 per hour- grossly indebted to banks without financial or medical recurrence if we survive to retirement... Oh, wait; that's where we're headed now. Nevermind.
Obviously C.M. you and I have a very different interpretation on what that term means. And obviously you took my words to fit your interpretation, which is not they way I was describing, so...I have no idea what you're talking about. Every system needs rules. Establish too few and the system becomes loose and inefficient, too many, and the system become clogged and worthless.
Economic Liberty, at the least the way I am describing and no where near yours, is when government creates regulations and subsidies that are geared for only large companies. I.E. Big Oil companies. Why are we giving these companies billions every year while they're making billions on top of that?
"There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.
No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.
I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society — from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.
The trouble with socialism is, eventually you run out of other people's money.
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches.
Socialists cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean—power over people, power to the State.
Pennies do not fall from heaven... they have to be earned here on earth
My job is to keep Britain from going red "
Absolutely! Whether intended
Absolutely! Whether intended or not, government regulation strangles small businesses. Further, this constant picking of winners and losers through subsidies and the illustrious tax breaks are not based on fairness, or forbid me to say, a free market approach, but rather who has the dough to buy votes.
Equality is a powerful, but not fully understood word. If this country wants to see true growth and ingenuity, then it needs to stop propping up big businesses on the backs of small companies!
RIP Ms. Thatcher. Thank you for inspiring generations of women, including my wife!
Absolutely, well said, Phil.
Absolutely, well said, Phil. It's difficult to feel all that "free" when tax freedom day in NYS is now up to May 6. That means nearly 35% of YOUR hard earned income goes to pay for whatever YOUR government decides it should. Mandates, pension funds for the politically connected, tax breaks for corporations, Obamacare, SAFE Act, Wars, foreign aid, the list goes on and on. Until we, the people can decide where our money goes and who we choose to assist ( i believe charities will benefit the most from less government largess, through personal support) , we are not free. We all have to begin making government work for us, not the other way around. Albert Einstein is often credited as saying " Doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result, is the definition of insanity" . You do have choices.
...And what if "economic
...And what if "economic liberty" meant installing a spent uranium disposal sight next-door to your home? I have no idea what that ( ) Thatcher meant by "economic liberty." Without corporate regulation we would be living in a world of dead lakes and rivers, unbreathable air and caches of toxic chemicals and likely still compensated at $3.15 per hour- grossly indebted to banks without financial or medical recurrence if we survive to retirement... Oh, wait; that's where we're headed now. Nevermind.
C.M. Obviously C.M. you and
C.M.
Obviously C.M. you and I have a very different interpretation on what that term means. And obviously you took my words to fit your interpretation, which is not they way I was describing, so...I have no idea what you're talking about. Every system needs rules. Establish too few and the system becomes loose and inefficient, too many, and the system become clogged and worthless.
Economic Liberty, at the least the way I am describing and no where near yours, is when government creates regulations and subsidies that are geared for only large companies. I.E. Big Oil companies. Why are we giving these companies billions every year while they're making billions on top of that?
There are more of course, just one.
Other great quotes she
Other great quotes she had.
"There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.
No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.
I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society — from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.
The trouble with socialism is, eventually you run out of other people's money.
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches.
Socialists cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean—power over people, power to the State.
Pennies do not fall from heaven... they have to be earned here on earth
My job is to keep Britain from going red "
C.M., you've truly gone off
C.M., you've truly gone off the deep end lately. Has someone hacked your account?
The shallow-end of the pool
The shallow-end of the pool never appealed to me, Doug.
Maybe you should put on a
Maybe you should put on a life vest. Treading water isn't working for you