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Wednesday, August 27. 2008

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The idea that political freedom can be preserved in the absence of economic freedom, and vice versa, is an illusion.  Political freedom is the corollary of economic freedom.

Ludwig Van Mises

Posted by Bird Dog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 11:15 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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The sentiment seems so obvious yet an arbitrary distinction was created between economic rights and so-called civil rights sometime during the last century by an ideological shift on the courts. How and why it occurred is the question ( Was FDR's court packing threat the first step in the process?). The progressive zeitgeist may have had something to do with codifying what is patently inconsistent with basic, historical principles. But we're stuck with it. It may be as easliy corrected as it was so mindlessly put in place. One can hope.
#1 Tom C on 2008-08-27 11:40 (Reply)
Tell us, Tom C, how this can be "easily corrected?" We would have to work through the courts, and they have been radically changed in the past 50 years, and they move with the speed of glaciers melting.

Marianne
#2 Marianne Matthews on 2008-08-27 12:13 (Reply)

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