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For my libertarian friends...
Candidates Have Collectivism in Common
"A general-election race for the White House between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain would feature vastly different approaches on the thorniest political issues, from Iraq and diplomacy to taxes and health care," Reuters reports. "Their recent sparring over Obama's willingness to speak to hostile foreign leaders was a warm-up for what could be a rancorous five-month run-up to November's election."
In "Our Collectivist Candidates," David Boaz, Cato executive vice president and author of The Politics of Freedom, writes: "On Sunday Barack Obama urged graduates of Connecticut's Wesleyan University to devote themselves to 'collective service.' This is not an unusual theme for a commencement address. But it was interesting how long he went on discussing various kinds of nonprofit activism without ever mentioning the virtues of commerce or of individual achievement.
"John McCain also denounces 'self-indulgence' and insists that Americans serve 'a national purpose that is greater than our individual interests. Messrs. Obama and McCain are telling us Americans that our normal lives are not good enough, that pursuing our own happiness is 'self-indulgence,' that building a business is 'chasing after our money culture,' that working to provide a better life for our families is a 'narrow concern.' They're wrong. Every human life counts. Your life counts. You have a right to live it as you choose, to follow your bliss. You have a right to seek satisfaction in accomplishment. And if you chase after the almighty dollar, you just might find that you are led, as if by an invisible hand, to do things that improve the lives of others."
http://www.cato.org/view_ddispatch.php?viewdate=20080528#1
Candidates Have Collectivism in Common
"A general-election race for the White House between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain would feature vastly different approaches on the thorniest political issues, from Iraq and diplomacy to taxes and health care," Reuters reports. "Their recent sparring over Obama's willingness to speak to hostile foreign leaders was a warm-up for what could be a rancorous five-month run-up to November's election."
In "Our Collectivist Candidates," David Boaz, Cato executive vice president and author of The Politics of Freedom, writes: "On Sunday Barack Obama urged graduates of Connecticut's Wesleyan University to devote themselves to 'collective service.' This is not an unusual theme for a commencement address. But it was interesting how long he went on discussing various kinds of nonprofit activism without ever mentioning the virtues of commerce or of individual achievement.
"John McCain also denounces 'self-indulgence' and insists that Americans serve 'a national purpose that is greater than our individual interests. Messrs. Obama and McCain are telling us Americans that our normal lives are not good enough, that pursuing our own happiness is 'self-indulgence,' that building a business is 'chasing after our money culture,' that working to provide a better life for our families is a 'narrow concern.' They're wrong. Every human life counts. Your life counts. You have a right to live it as you choose, to follow your bliss. You have a right to seek satisfaction in accomplishment. And if you chase after the almighty dollar, you just might find that you are led, as if by an invisible hand, to do things that improve the lives of others."
http://www.cato.org/view_ddispatch.php?viewdate=20080528#1
