Comments on: Obamalamadindong http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2005/06/29/obamalamadindong/ The Sweet Release of Reason Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mattrothcline http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2005/06/29/obamalamadindong/#comment-4192 mattrothcline Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=747#comment-4192 IMO the fundamental issue here is that the Left views the market only in zero-sum terms — a <em>distributor</em> of wealth, not a <em>creator</em> of wealth. Using that schema, it actually makes sense to have the .gov take a big hand in distrubution, since the .gov is (ostensibly) the least partisan entity around. The problem is that thinking of the market in purely zero-sum terms is extremely limited at best and flat-out wrong at worst. IMO the fundamental issue here is that the Left views the market only in zero-sum terms — a distributor of wealth, not a creator of wealth.

Using that schema, it actually makes sense to have the .gov take a big hand in distrubution, since the .gov is (ostensibly) the least partisan entity around.

The problem is that thinking of the market in purely zero-sum terms is extremely limited at best and flat-out wrong at worst.

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