Comments on: Why Haggle Over What Goes Where? http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/01/09/why-haggle-over-what-goes-where/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:11:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Miraj Patel http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/01/09/why-haggle-over-what-goes-where/#comment-62681 Miraj Patel Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:31:14 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=3505#comment-62681 Too many people think that simply throwing money the problem will fix it. It doesn't work that way and it never will. This crisis is something we have to deal with thanks to the government intervention that caused this crisis and if we try to buy ourselves through it we will only set ourselves up for a future crisis that is worse than this one. Too many people think that simply throwing money the problem will fix it. It doesn’t work that way and it never will. This crisis is something we have to deal with thanks to the government intervention that caused this crisis and if we try to buy ourselves through it we will only set ourselves up for a future crisis that is worse than this one.

]]> By: Paul http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/01/09/why-haggle-over-what-goes-where/#comment-62678 Paul Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:45:28 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=3505#comment-62678 You tricked me... thanks. The back-tracking that I had to do in my head made the issue clear as crystal. You tricked me… thanks. The back-tracking that I had to do in my head made the issue clear as crystal.

]]> By: Akston http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/01/09/why-haggle-over-what-goes-where/#comment-62677 Akston Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:37:46 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=3505#comment-62677 It's the inevitable result when you think spending will promote your cause, but the money spent is almost entirely from other people. "Sure, spend as much as you want, but do it quickly!" Reason number 3,412 in the list of why government spending is so rife with abuse and unintended consequences. I'm reminded of an exchange from the film <i>As Good as It Gets</i>, when a receptionist asks author Melvin Udall, "How do you write women so well?" He responds, "I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability." While that statement succeeds in being humorously outrageous in the movie, it's sad to think how accurate it is when applied to government spending rather than women. It’s the inevitable result when you think spending will promote your cause, but the money spent is almost entirely from other people. “Sure, spend as much as you want, but do it quickly!” Reason number 3,412 in the list of why government spending is so rife with abuse and unintended consequences.

I’m reminded of an exchange from the film As Good as It Gets, when a receptionist asks author Melvin Udall, “How do you write women so well?” He responds, “I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.”

While that statement succeeds in being humorously outrageous in the movie, it’s sad to think how accurate it is when applied to government spending rather than women.

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