Scaring Us to Death
by Walter E. Williams
There is a H.L. Mencken quotation that captures the essence of this year's politics: "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." The media, economic "experts" and both presidential candidates are making bad-talking our economy key features of their campaign messages. For politicians and their hangers-on, keeping the populace alarme ...
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Posted by: Sharon Stanners
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:40 AM
Thank you for the facts and perspective.
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Posted by: liz
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:33 PM
With respect to you and your colleague, Dr. Thomas Sowell:
No, we don't look to arsonist's to put out the fires they started. We put them in jail! Alan Greenspan, John Thain, the Federal Reserve Board all need to be put in jail. They violated public trust. They were entrusted with the highly responsible task of monitoring our economy and providing the checks and balances. From what I have determined they either lied or were so remiss in their duties that they should be fined so heavily they will lose everything and they all need to go to jail and not collect 200$. They betrayed public trust and violated not only our economy and the global economy, but their fingers reached into the wallets and purses of every single person. Everyone. They taught us money doesn't grow, it actually loses value if you hide it under your mattress. They promised we could trust them. Turn them into paupers and put them in jail.
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