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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Who Wants to “Do Nothing?”

Reading Twitter last night I observed a common objection to President Obama’s remarks: No one is suggesting we “do nothing” to fix the economy.

One of my favorites comes from Weekly Standard blogger Mary Katharine Ham: “Seriously, the ‘people who want to do nothing’ straw man is OVERDONE, Obama.”

Overdone, Indeed.

2 comments:

  1. If those in the government want the economy to breathe easier, they need to release their grip on its throat. I suppose "refrain from strangling" can be thought of as "doing nothing".

    We need complete separation of state and economics, and keep government business solely to the protection of individual rights.

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  2. I agree with Hugh, eliminating or lowering corporate taxes (some of the highest in the world) and eliminating long term "capital gains" (i.e. inflation) tax would be a good start.

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