Comments on: Populist Rage and the State http://www.newclarion.com/2009/03/populist-rage-and-the-state/ Our mission is to combat the unreason and selflessness that are sweeping our culture from the nihilist left to the religious right, and to sound a new ideal of capitalism and individual rights in American politics. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: brad harper : fighting pennies and smiles : Μολών Λaβέ » Blog Archive » Good Question By Accident http://www.newclarion.com/2009/03/populist-rage-and-the-state/#comment-1233 brad harper : fighting pennies and smiles : Μολών Λaβέ » Blog Archive » Good Question By Accident Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:47:33 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/2009/03/populist-rage-and-the-state/#comment-1233 [...] end with the thoughts of Myrhaf: The only solution to the entire crisis is the one thing our statist politicians cannot tolerate: [...] [...] end with the thoughts of Myrhaf: The only solution to the entire crisis is the one thing our statist politicians cannot tolerate: [...]

]]> By: Burgess Laughlin http://www.newclarion.com/2009/03/populist-rage-and-the-state/#comment-1214 Burgess Laughlin Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:50:42 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/2009/03/populist-rage-and-the-state/#comment-1214 According to press reports, the US House side of Congress has approved a bill levying a 90% tax on bonuses paid to certain employees of or contractors working for companies receiving bailout money. If that is correct, then here is an aspect that deserves a spotlight of its own. During his campaign, President Obama denied that higher income tax rates are punishment. Yet the act of Congress is exactly that: punitive. This is a populist--that is, national-socialist--act of envy. According to press reports, the US House side of Congress has approved a bill levying a 90% tax on bonuses paid to certain employees of or contractors working for companies receiving bailout money.

If that is correct, then here is an aspect that deserves a spotlight of its own. During his campaign, President Obama denied that higher income tax rates are punishment. Yet the act of Congress is exactly that: punitive. This is a populist–that is, national-socialist–act of envy.

]]> By: L-C http://www.newclarion.com/2009/03/populist-rage-and-the-state/#comment-1210 L-C Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:33:41 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/2009/03/populist-rage-and-the-state/#comment-1210 You'd think that a pragmatist acting (in his own mind) as a savior would eventually get around to trying freedom as a solution. But no. Not in the history of man has laissez-faire been given a true chance, and the closest it got was not thanks to the likes of Obama. The fact that it hasn't is no oversight or happenstance on their part. Though surely it couldn't hurt to try at least once? But it would. It'd expose their lies and destroy their ideology in one fell swoop. You’d think that a pragmatist acting (in his own mind) as a savior would eventually get around to trying freedom as a solution.

But no. Not in the history of man has laissez-faire been given a true chance, and the closest it got was not thanks to the likes of Obama.

The fact that it hasn’t is no oversight or happenstance on their part. Though surely it couldn’t hurt to try at least once? But it would. It’d expose their lies and destroy their ideology in one fell swoop.

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