I sent along some final thoughts to the editor of the business magazine for the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia, Molly Curso. Here they are.
Final Thoughts
First, I would like to qualify my previous answer to question #2. I said markets were necessary for the middle class. I would add that free markets are best. [...]
Continue reading about Middle Class Questions from Investor.ge – Final Thoughts
A teachable moment recently occurred on The Middle Class Forum. I received a comment faulting how I related entitlements to stockholders. I approved and replied to that comment, but I’m going to cut and paste that reply here for three reasons: 1) my original reply was “off the cuff” and there was sloppiness in my [...]
There is a simple one-size-fits-all solution to restoring economic balance, a solution that no one would disagree with in principle, a solution that will never be implemented: good economic indicators. We are bombarded with stock market indicators incessantly. Consequently, that is where our focus lies for “restoring balance.” When the stock market does well it’s [...]
Continue reading about Restoring Economic Balance – Good Economic Indicators
Restoring economic balance will require greater experimentation, as reported in the previous entry for this series, and better information. Most people equate misinformation as being distortions of information. Others maintain that as long as the information is out there somewhere in some format then “Buyer Beware.” Yet hidden or obscured information is essentially misinformation, afflicting [...]
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As a media person Mark Levin has the resources of corporate media to reinforce misinformation (principle #8). His opinions become part of an entertainment package that gets echoed until one wonders who could possibly think differently. As a media person he is trusted by certain segments of the population (principle #9), a trust that would [...]
Continue reading about Liberty and Tyranny – Misinformation Wrap-up Part Three
There is a Biblical saying that you can’t serve both God and Mammon. At this point I can use the ten misinformation principles to summarize who/what Mark Levin really serves instead of Liberty. There is more left to the book, and perhaps I’ll come back to it occasionally in the future, but here is a [...]
Continue reading about Liberty and Tyranny – Misinformation Wrap-up Part One
Here’s a brief recap of the misinformation principles that apply to Mark Levin’s chapter “On the Constitution.” He supports the dogma that links property and liberty together; he omits that the Founders concerns for Supreme Court tinkering were essentially concerns about Federalist tinkering, not what Levin would call Statist tinkering; and he distorts the relative [...]
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I’ve been a deacon, church school director, lay preacher and served on almost every committee of my Church. I give what I can out of my material resources. I also use this giving as a tax deduction. Hey! I’m not stupid! Yet it would not matter to me whether there was a tax break or [...]
Continue reading about Liberty and Tyranny – Confused Religious Liberty
“On Faith and the Founding” is a tricky chapter to deconstruct in Liberty and Tyranny. Without an understanding of Christian faith one is likely to be overwhelmed by Levin’s rhetoric in support of religious liberty. Christianity marks a dramatic turning point in monotheism. Before Christ, God had a chosen people based on culture and lineage. [...]
It’s a given that Levin will use his fictional Statist in every chapter to exploit the vanity, cynicism and apprehensions of his readers. It’s a given that he is backed by the ample resources of the corporate world and has a position of trust connected to the media. The one principle for how we are [...]
Continue reading about Liberty and Tyranny – Confused Morality
