Comments on: In the Spirit of Bastiat http://cafehayek.com/2009/09/in-the-spirit-of-bastiat.html where orders emerge Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anonymous http://cafehayek.com/2009/09/in-the-spirit-of-bastiat.html/comment-page-1#comment-183516 Anonymous Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:45:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6630#comment-183516 My point is that hypothetical man is a big part of the Democrat voting base. My point is that hypothetical man is a big part of the Democrat voting base.

]]> By: John Dewey http://cafehayek.com/2009/09/in-the-spirit-of-bastiat.html/comment-page-1#comment-183513 John Dewey Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:42:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6630#comment-183513 Not sure what your point is. I think you started out pointing out that Professor Boudreaux and Professor Roberts never mention workers whose livelihood was destroyed by imports from abroad. But we seem to have deviated from that to referring to formerly high paid workers who: - refuse to put money aside for difficult times; - buy homes with large mortgages; - have more kids than they can apparently support; - have been inflicted with high medical bills; and - have suffered a loss of self-esteem. I'm not sure I understand why such people should be a concern to me or to the professors. Not sure what your point is. I think you started out pointing out that Professor Boudreaux and Professor Roberts never mention workers whose livelihood was destroyed by imports from abroad. But we seem to have deviated from that to referring to formerly high paid workers who:

- refuse to put money aside for difficult times;
- buy homes with large mortgages;
- have more kids than they can apparently support;
- have been inflicted with high medical bills; and
- have suffered a loss of self-esteem.

I’m not sure I understand why such people should be a concern to me or to the professors.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cafehayek.com/2009/09/in-the-spirit-of-bastiat.html/comment-page-1#comment-183495 Anonymous Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:59:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6630#comment-183495 Well, one would HOPE he would have saved money. But what if he had 5 kids and a big mortgage and medical bills and who knows what else? Think of the children! Well, one would HOPE he would have saved money. But what if he had 5 kids and a big mortgage and medical bills and who knows what else? Think of the children!

]]> By: John Dewey http://cafehayek.com/2009/09/in-the-spirit-of-bastiat.html/comment-page-1#comment-183493 John Dewey Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:57:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6630#comment-183493 Arrowsmith: "when a $40/hour union man is suddenly forced into a Wal Mart job" First, I doubt that happens very much. Why would Walmart even bother to hire a man who thinks he is too good for the job offerred? Walmart generally rejects dozens of applicants for every person it hires. Why would a person who earned $80K a year find himself without funds to tide him over until he was retrained? Arrowsmith: “when a $40/hour union man is suddenly forced into a Wal Mart job”

First, I doubt that happens very much. Why would Walmart even bother to hire a man who thinks he is too good for the job offerred? Walmart generally rejects dozens of applicants for every person it hires.

Why would a person who earned $80K a year find himself without funds to tide him over until he was retrained?

]]> By: Anonymous http://cafehayek.com/2009/09/in-the-spirit-of-bastiat.html/comment-page-1#comment-183481 Anonymous Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:19:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6630#comment-183481 I agree with everything you say - but the politics of it are another story. Just go over to any leftist blog and they will bitch & moan about the decline of unions and how that is proof of America's moral decline. I agree with everything you say – but the politics of it are another story. Just go over to any leftist blog and they will bitch & moan about the decline of unions and how that is proof of America’s moral decline.

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