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| 2012-08-28 |
| VDH Put Sean Penn or George Clooney in a socialist Hollywood (one in fact, not in mere name), where the state ran the industry and the profits were divided evenly among actors, crews, and janitors (who is to say that Clooney "built" a film any more than the guy who swept the set after he got in his Mercedes and headed home?), and soon you would have a suddenly conservative Penn or Clooney, netting about $70,000 a year before taxes and without the wherewithal to jet to Caracas or hold a fund-raiser in Geneva -- and furious that they were making the same as the guy who swept the set (as in most can sweep sets, but not all can be Sean Penns). Affluence and poverty are the twins of liberalism. The former allows one to both dream and to escape that dream. The latter provides the fodder for liberal artillery. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #5 Guarantees ? Death, taxes, and hearing loss. That is if you live long enough. I got two out of three! Is that a good deal? What? Speak up! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2012-08-28 16:50 |
| #4 Mark Levin's book 'Liberty and Tyranny' lays it out very well. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-08-28 13:07 |
| #3 But there are guarantees.....that those who scheme to take your money will conspire with those who make laws. Witness the birth of big government tyranny dressed up as social justice and other such nonsense. Marki Levin in Liberty and Tyranny has it right, the essence of the whole issue between Progressives (Statists)and Conservatives is the limits on "private property" rights. Robbery is theft, but "taxing" beyond the enumerated powers of government contained in the contract (Constitution) is tyranny. Where do you think Chamnp wants to take us on the range of this dynamic?.....Anyone...Bueller? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2012-08-28 12:26 |
| #2 Guarantees ? Death, taxes, and hearing loss. That is if you live long enough. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-08-28 10:41 |
| #1 Affluence and poverty are the twins of liberalism. More like the hypocrisy of liberalism. Affluence is OK for the elite but not for the regular folks. Liberalism has just about wiped out the middle class. Freedom, the desire to change, and the will to take risks can lift a person out of poverty. The Declaration of Independence stated: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. There are no guarantees in this world. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-08-28 10:37 |