Comments on: Obamalamadindong http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2005/06/29/obamalamadindong/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: mattrothcline http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2005/06/29/obamalamadindong/#comment-6030 mattrothcline Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:28:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=747#comment-6030 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.

]]> By: mattrothcline http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2005/06/29/obamalamadindong/#comment-6029 mattrothcline Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=747#comment-6029 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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