The Founding Fathers of the United States, tired as they were of aristocrats and despots, designed a system that would empower citizens to govern themselves. In addition to the right to vote, they gave us a public mail system so we could communicate with each other, a free press so we could be informed about … Read more
A newborn baby is extremely selfish. We lovingly forgive them of this character flaw because they are completely vulnerable. We understand that their demands are simply an attempt to bring their world back into balance. They are trying to survive the only way they know how. No one is born with good character; It’s not … Read more
In his 1962 book, Capitalism and Freedom, Nobel Prize-winning (1976) economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006) expressed an optimistic vision of commercial exchange that emphasized the idea that both sides could win and that such exchanges were essentially civil. The possibility of co-ordination through voluntary co-operation, rests on the elementary—yet frequently denied—proposition that both parties to an … Read more
The Business Roundtable is an “association of chief executive officers of America’s leading companies” who claim to be “working to promote a thriving U.S. economy and expanded opportunity for all Americans through sound public policy.” In other words, it is a lobby group for billionaires. On August 19, 2019, the Business Roundtable issued a “Statement … Read more