Hope you enjoy the following links:
"When the barbarians entered Rome in 476 and swept aside the last of the
Roman emperors, Rome was a shell of its former self. The barbarians
didn’t kill Rome; Romans committed economic and moral suicide." Lawrence W. Reed on Greece
echoes Rome
"Adam Smith described political economy as "a branch of the science of a
statesman or legislator." Governmental power joined with wrongheadedness
is something terrible, but all too common. Realizing that many of our
leaders and their constituents are economically unenlightened sheds
light on the troubles that surround us." Daniel B. Klein on Are
you smarter Than a Fifth Grader
Thomas E. Woods on Beware the Free Market! Exploitation, Child Labor, Poverty…!
As the economy moves to the left, soon there may be nothing left.. If it moves to the right, then everything should become right.. I wonder can we ever do the right thing at the right time or will we be left out or left behind.. Why can’t we just get it right???
The comment on Rome and the Barbarians doesn’t half correlate to the U.S. today.
Striking.
It is amazing to me how we insist on clinging to the same policies that have failed us repeatedly.
Even as the ship is sinking, we refuse to bail….
Nor does the course steered matter, after all we’re sinking…..