Obama rhetoric equal Bush
Here is an article that compares quotes from Obama to Bush. They are a little too similar.
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SFE to Sponsor you and a Friend to attend a FEE Seminar
Would you like to attend a FEE Seminar with one of your friends, to introduce them to the interesting world of Economics? Well, with the SFE Sponsorship we will sponsor you and your friend to attend the seminar of your choice and be accepted to the seminar (We have two spots per seminar). You will both receive $100 to spend on your travel for the seminar.
To qualify please send your responses to the following requests to Imhoff@mackinac.org. I need your name and your friend’s name. Also, state what FEE seminar you and your friend want to attend and why you think this seminar will benefit your friend? Please also tell me which seminar(s) you have attended in the past.
Thank you and Good Luck,
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There is an Unlimited amount of Jobs
Here is one of my favorite
letters to the editor. 4 December 2009 Editor, The New York Times 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 To the Editor: RE yesterday's White House "Jobs Summit" ("Obama
Turns to Job Creation, but Warns of Limited Funds ," Dec. 4): the language
is misleading. Jobs themselves do not need to be created, for they are among
the most abundant opportunities in our midst. You can paint my house,
serve as my personal masseuse, cook my dinners and clean my kitchen every
evening. You're hired! But you refuse, because I won't pay you
enough to do so. It's obviously not jobs that people ultimately want; it's
opportunities to earn income. If the word "job" were replaced
with "income-producing opportunity," the added clumsiness of
expression might be more than made up for by greater clarity of thought -
namely, the recognition that what matters is each worker's access to
opportunities to produce value so that he or she receives in return as much
spending power as possible. Jobs are super-abundant; access to consumable goods and services
is not. It is widespread access to the latter that ultimately matters. But
this access is diminished by policies that create or protect "jobs"
by taxing and regulating in ways that reduce the economy's capacity to grow and
produce the goods and services that are the ultimate motivation for people to
work. Sincerely, Donald J. Boudreaux Professor of Economics George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030
