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Speak of the Devil

May 2, 4:25 PMBaltimore History ExaminerMark Newgent
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I love the Examiner editorial writers, they provide so much blogging material. Yesterday, they informed us of Jim Kraft's inanity, which by the way councilman, National Review picked up on your story and they presented some facts regarding plastic bags you may want to consult. 

Today, the Examiner editorial page offer us this gem:

What’s clear is that shedding private-sector jobs while adding public-sector jobs is unsustainable — without tax increases. Government jobs do not produce money, they merely redistribute revenue produced by those in the private sector. So as the proportion of those working for the government increases, a smaller group of wealth producers must support a bigger group of redistributors. That means less money for everyone...

It means expanding government may help reduce unemployment numbers initially, but it will not help the economy.

 This coming just a day after I pointed out:

Through his intimidating tactics and rhetoric, FDR essentially bullied business and the private sector and turned government into a competitor with which they could not compete... Did the New Deal create millions of jobs? Sure it did. However, they were government created public works jobs designed to serve political ends, and they lasted only months at a time. They were not the type of private sector jobs that could have spurred real economic growth that could have pulled the rest of the economy through. 

 What was it that George Santayana said about forgetting the past?

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