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]]> By: Sam Grove http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/you-cant-take-the-tics-out-of-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-45690 Sam Grove Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:26:21 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2371#comment-45690 <p>May I sum it all up?</p> <p>Government is dumb. When you put intelligent people in charge of it, it is still dumb.</p> <p>Democracy in the hands of the ignorant is at least as dangerous as weapons in the hands of the evil.</p> May I sum it all up?

Government is dumb. When you put intelligent people in charge of it, it is still dumb.

Democracy in the hands of the ignorant is at least as dangerous as weapons in the hands of the evil.

]]> By: John Galt http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/you-cant-take-the-tics-out-of-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-45689 John Galt Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:05:39 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2371#comment-45689 <p>Martin:<br /> <i>The ostensible purpose of a bailout is protecting rent seeking "capitalists".</i></p> <p>If that's the "ostensible" purpose, why don't we see any of the bailout's sponsors describing it that way?</p> <p><i>The logic behind Katz' letter is "if we're protecting capitalists, let's protect others as well."</i></p> <p>I think <i>that</i>, and not their rent-seeking, was the "ostensible" reason for bailing out capitalists at everyone else's expense in the first place.</p> <p>BTW, I am <i>not</i> defending bailouts.</p> Martin:
The ostensible purpose of a bailout is protecting rent seeking "capitalists".

If that's the "ostensible" purpose, why don't we see any of the bailout's sponsors describing it that way?

The logic behind Katz' letter is "if we're protecting capitalists, let's protect others as well."

I think that, and not their rent-seeking, was the "ostensible" reason for bailing out capitalists at everyone else's expense in the first place.

BTW, I am not defending bailouts.

]]> By: Martin Brock http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/you-cant-take-the-tics-out-of-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-45688 Martin Brock Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:38:48 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2371#comment-45688 <blockquote> ... bailouts undermine their own ostensible purpose of making these firms strong and nimble competitors. </blockquote> <p>False premise. The ostensible purpose of a bailout is protecting rent seeking "capitalists". The logic behind Katz' letter is "if we're protecting capitalists, let's protect others as well." In this scenario, various "capitalists" are first in line for handouts, and once they have theirs, others line up with the "capitalist" handouts as justification.<br /> </p>

… bailouts undermine their own ostensible purpose of making these firms strong and nimble competitors.

False premise. The ostensible purpose of a bailout is protecting rent seeking "capitalists". The logic behind Katz' letter is "if we're protecting capitalists, let's protect others as well." In this scenario, various "capitalists" are first in line for handouts, and once they have theirs, others line up with the "capitalist" handouts as justification.

]]> By: jorod http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/you-cant-take-the-tics-out-of-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-45687 jorod Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:54:48 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2371#comment-45687 <p>You might as well talk to a pineapple....</p> You might as well talk to a pineapple….

]]> By: Crusader http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/you-cant-take-the-tics-out-of-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-45686 Crusader Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:19:31 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2371#comment-45686 <p>Free market, what hell is that? </p> Free market, what hell is that?

]]> By: vidyohs http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/you-cant-take-the-tics-out-of-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-45691 vidyohs Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:17:04 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2371#comment-45691 <p>I dare say that Melinda Katz would look at you in utter amazement if you told her she wanted to interfere with markets, she (IMHO) would have no clue as to what you were talking about. People like her have their enculturation and that is that.</p> <p>I seriously believe that you could lecture her all day and never make her see your point.</p> <p>Her suggestion is on par with California deregulating one side of the equation in the sale of energy but not the other. We all know that worked out well for California.</p> I dare say that Melinda Katz would look at you in utter amazement if you told her she wanted to interfere with markets, she (IMHO) would have no clue as to what you were talking about. People like her have their enculturation and that is that.

I seriously believe that you could lecture her all day and never make her see your point.

Her suggestion is on par with California deregulating one side of the equation in the sale of energy but not the other. We all know that worked out well for California.

]]> By: Don Boudreaux http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/you-cant-take-the-tics-out-of-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-45685 Don Boudreaux Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:26:16 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2371#comment-45685 <p>Crusader,</p> <p>I don't disagree with you; that's why in the final paragraph of my letter I used the word "ostensible."</p> Crusader,

I don't disagree with you; that's why in the final paragraph of my letter I used the word "ostensible."

]]> By: gator80 http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/you-cant-take-the-tics-out-of-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-45684 gator80 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:24:12 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2371#comment-45684 <p>A similar sentiment appeared in a place which should know better. The Financial Times of April 15, 2009 features a column by John Gapper entitled, <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0219664-29ea-11de-9d01-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1" rel="nofollow">"Don’t set Goldman Sachs free, Mr Geithner."</a></p> <p>It includes an amazing statement: <i>"The bigger danger is the long-term precedent it would set."</i> Many of us would agree with that, but Mr. Gapper means <i>freeing</i> Goldman would set a bad precedent. Why? Because it would prevent congress or Secretary Geithner from having "the chance to change fundamentally how it [Goldman] operates."</p> A similar sentiment appeared in a place which should know better. The Financial Times of April 15, 2009 features a column by John Gapper entitled, "Don’t set Goldman Sachs free, Mr Geithner."

It includes an amazing statement: "The bigger danger is the long-term precedent it would set." Many of us would agree with that, but Mr. Gapper means freeing Goldman would set a bad precedent. Why? Because it would prevent congress or Secretary Geithner from having "the chance to change fundamentally how it [Goldman] operates."

]]> By: Crusader http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/you-cant-take-the-tics-out-of-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-45683 Crusader Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:42:37 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2371#comment-45683 <p>Don - this kind of interference is a feature, not a bug. You are mistaken if you thought these people ever wanted to rehabilitate the finance sector so that it could be strong, robust and on its own. We know from muirgeo and his ilk that they don't like the free market and would prefer it's removal.</p> Don – this kind of interference is a feature, not a bug. You are mistaken if you thought these people ever wanted to rehabilitate the finance sector so that it could be strong, robust and on its own. We know from muirgeo and his ilk that they don't like the free market and would prefer it's removal.

]]> By: dg lesvic http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/you-cant-take-the-tics-out-of-politics.html/comment-page-1#comment-45682 dg lesvic Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:17:04 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2371#comment-45682 <p>Just want to say Great! before the Iceman Cometh.</p> Just want to say Great! before the Iceman Cometh.

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