The closer we get to "Pure Capitalism" AKA "Free Market Economy" the better and more prosperous everyone is. That is a fact, history has proven it. Aside from basic law enforcement the Govt should play no part in a nations economy.
:lamo Please show how history has proven it....
We have "Separation of Church and State" and America has benefited as a result, but America would benefit a lot more if we had "Separation of Economy and State."
:doh
No, you stop right there. Jefferson was talking about equality of opportunity not redistribution of wealth or the govt guaranteeing equality of outcome. The letter was regards to several instances of Crony Capitalism, the govt and rich land owners colluding at the expense of the poor. Their answer was always less govt power.
Nope.
Interesting that you only focused on Jefferson.
Jefferson Letter to Madison: "the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind. The descent of property of every kind therefore to all the children, or to all the brothers and sisters, or other relations in equal degree is a politic measure, and a practicable one. Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions of property in geometrical progression as they rise. Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labour and live on. If, for the encouragement of industry we allow it to be appropriated, we must take care that other employment be furnished to those excluded from the appropriation. If we do not the fundamental right to labour the earth returns to the unemployed. It is too soon yet in our country to say that every man who cannot find employment but who can find uncultivated land, shall be at liberty to cultivate it, paying a moderate rent. But it is not too soon to provide by every possible means that as few as possible shall be without a little portion of land. The small landholders are the most precious part of a state."
--A call for regulation of property right, a call of progressive taxation, encourage employment for those who are denied from the benefits of industry, calls for public lands with state controlled rent for the poor--
Franklin letter to Morris: "the remissness of our people in paying taxes is highly blameable... all property…seems to me to be the creature of public convention. All Property, indeed, except the Savage's temporary Cabin, his Bow, his Matchcoat, and other little Acquisitions, absolutely necessary for his Subsistence, seems to me to be the Creature of public Convention. Hence the Public has the Right of Regulating Descents, and all other Conveyances of Property, and even of limiting the Quantity and the Uses of it. All the Property that is necessary to a Man, for the Conservation of the Individual and the Propagation of the Species, is his natural Right, which none can justly deprive him of: But all Property superfluous to such purposes is the Property of the Publick, who, by their Laws, have created it, and who may therefore by other Laws dispose of it, whenever the Welfare of the Publick shall demand such Disposition."
--Except for the bare necessities of life all other property belonged to the public. Also pay your taxes.
We really dont need to go into Paine....
The Progressive Liberal ideas of our Founding Fathers are the Conservative Libertarian values of today. They had nothing in common people who today call themselves Progressive, Liberal, or Socialist. They were advocates for limited power government and a free market economy
100% false. See above.
There is no greater insult to the Founding Fathers than to attempt to equate them to Karl Marx or Vlad Lennon.
I never equated them to Karl Marx of Vlad Lennin. Seems you are reading things that I did not type...
Yes, it is great logic. Obama (AKA proven worst president in US history)
Cool opinion.
did not win reelection because he got more Dem votes. Romney lost because less GOP voters turned out. If Reps had voted to the same degree they did for McCain, Romney would have won. One of the biggest reasons for this lack enthusiasm was Romneycare.
Romney got more votes than McCain did... So yea. Your logic doesnt add up
What delights me and should really scare you is that the current polls are tied or favoring Trump, and he has at least 3 times the enthusiasm advantage Obama ever had over Romney.
Meh. Im not really scared.