Comments on: Another Step Down The Road To Serfdom

By: Larry Sheldon

Larry Sheldon — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:18:18 +0000

Directive 10-289.7

By: For Freedom's Sake

For Freedom's Sake — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:55:57 +0000

Doug, your comment, ” You are not free to make as much money as you want. You are not free to succeed because government will tax you at the point of a gun to make sure you aren’t making more money than they approve of.,” is the underling plan of this administration. Obama is a marxis. I never thought I would use that kind of strong language in describing a president of the U.S., but that reality is here.

Good post. Keep it up.

By: Akston

Akston — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:07:56 +0000

Ah, the flip side of minimum wage.

Everyone at the low end should make more – by government decree. Everyone at the high end should make less – by government decree. Eventually, we can all live based on what our government thinks is right. After all, the purpose of government is to mandate the “good practice” of some of us based on the uniformed whim of some others, right? Government is not there to protect life, liberty, and property in our “free” country. It’s there to trump our voluntary behavior with centralized control.

What’s next in our parody of parity imposed at the whim of the mob? Do you make the “right” amount? You better hope so. Check with all your neighbors to make sure.

And just pragmatically, ask anyone from the erstwhile Soviet Union or satellite countries how well a government-controlled economy worked. I have. The stories will chill your blood.

By: persnickety curmudgeon

persnickety curmudgeon — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:01:23 +0000

Lowering executive pay or bonusses will not increase the wages of rank and file workers and may lead to a reduction thereof or a loss of jobs in those sectors and companies altogether.

Controlling executive pay or bonusses will lead to people finding ways around these controls.