lucky that the public attention span is short.... On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:49 PM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Thursday, September 6, 2012 > *Slick Willy Leaves 'Em Swooning > *By, Chris Rossini > > > Last night, Bill Clinton gave his Obama-nominating DNC speech. Don't be > surprised if you see a headline today stating that some in the audience > fainted (Michael Jackson style) from extreme adoration. The 50 minute > speech<http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-election/bill-clinton-s-speech-prepared-full-text-from-the-democratic-national-convention-20120905?page=1>was > loaded with goodies for government-lovers of all ages. > > Let's parse some of it: > > Willy describes Obama as: "A man who believes we can build a new American > Dream economy driven by innovation and creativity, education and > cooperation." > > Innovation, Creativity, Education and Cooperation are all elements of > liberty. There's no need for a monolithic and monopolistic government. In > fact, government force squashes all of them. > > Leonard Read described it perfectly: "...liberty is not something we > design and construct but, instead, is a felicitous situation in which > people find themselves once authoritarianism is abandoned." > > Clinton moves on and gives a shout out to Mussolini: "We Democrats think > the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for > poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, > with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly > shared prosperity." > > Mussolini loved the idea of business and government working together. He > organized industries into State-supervised trade associations. > > Guess what Mussolini called them? > > "Cooperatives" > > Yes, a variation of the same word that Clinton used above: "cooperation." > > The speech continues: "It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and > economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics..." > > Interesting. > > Clinton wants government to partner with certain businesses and create > equal opportunity. > > Remember this when your business must compete with a large "too big to > fail" who has the politicians in its pocket. > > A free market straightens this stuff out. You live and die by satisfying > customers. Even a conglomerate could be gone tomorrow should market > conditions change. Whether your business is large or small, if you fail to > satisfy the consumer, the market will punish you equally as hard. > > I'm sure Clinton wasn't worried about his contradiction. The watery-eyed > audience surely wouldn't put these thoughts together. > > Let's move on: "Unfortunately, the faction that now dominates the > Republican Party doesn't see it that way. They think government is the > enemy, and compromise is weakness." > > Republicans believe government is the enemy? > > I'm sure there were Republicans sitting at home watching and shouting at > the TV: "What?? How dare he??" > > Republicans are a part of the government. They love war, subsidies, > bailouts, crony capitalism, and the Fed. > > Democrats, of course, love these things too...the differences are merely > cosmetic. > > Willy then enlightens us about Obama's superpowers: "He inherited a > deeply damaged economy, put a floor under the crash, began the long hard > road to recovery, and laid the foundation for a modern, more well-balanced > economy that will produce millions of good new jobs, vibrant new > businesses, and lots of new wealth for the innovators." > > The only truth in that statement is "He inherited a deeply damaged > economy." > > It was the Fed that put an artificial floor under the crash, and by doing > so, ensured that not even a toe has been put on the road to recovery. "I > know many Americans are still angry and frustrated with the economy. Though > employment is growing, banks are beginning to lend and even housing prices > are picking up a bit, too many people don't feel it." > > I'll tell you what people do feel...higher prices and bills. > > And it isn't comforting knowing that banks are starting to lend money > created by the Fed. It means even higher bills are on the way. > > Savings and Capital are the bedrock and foundation of a healthy economy. > Banks lending funny money is the kryptonite. "People ask me all the time > how we delivered four surplus budgets. What new ideas did we bring? I > always give a one-word answer: arithmetic." > > Here's another version: > > Beginning in 1994, during the Mexican Crisis, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan > unleashed what would be the greatest money-printing spectacle that the > world had ever seen. > > Remember the dot-com Nasdaq bubble? > > Those were the Clinton years. > > But Clinton decided to throw the word "arithmetic" out to the obsequious > audience. Why pay attention to The > Maestro<http://www.minyanville.com/assets/Image/maestro.jpg>behind the > curtain? "My > fellow Americans, you have to decide what kind of country you want to live > in. If you want a you're on your own, winner take all society you should > support the Republican ticket." > > We should be lucky enough for Republicans (and Democrats) to leave us > alone. > > We're not. > > Clinton finishes with a statement that you can comfortably bet against: "I > love our country – and I know we're coming back. For more than 200 years, > through every crisis, we've always come out stronger than we went in." > > Ok...He (and his other half) love the country as it is. > > But the U.S. has not come out stronger through every crisis. It has come > out weaker. > > It has come with government scrambling for just one more rabbit to pull > out of the hat. > > Each crisis has been marked by an increase in government power, and a > decrease in the soundness of the money. > > The former survives as long as the latter does. The trouble for government > is, the latter is climbing into its death bed. > > > http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/09/slick-willy-leaves-em-swooning.html > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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