tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post1993445386493171752..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Eliot Spitzer's Outrageous Attack on LibertarianismRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-82277319799113801042011-07-19T13:01:40.951-04:002011-07-19T13:01:40.951-04:00One day Elliot Spitzer VI will ook back at 2011 an...One day Elliot Spitzer VI will ook back at 2011 and say:<br /><br />"Obama's 4 year Libertarian regeme led to our current crises" and he will then beg the current inflator in chief to cure all economic ills and print up another hundred quadrillion in liquidity.<br /><br />~Texas ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70273452360549718462011-07-18T19:52:19.565-04:002011-07-18T19:52:19.565-04:00I am sure Little Timmy "Turbo-Tax" Geith...I am sure Little Timmy "Turbo-Tax" Geithner will purchase a copy...Then get an idea for his book - Libertarianism: How Free-Market-Mongers Bankrupted the USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-127192708502067522011-07-18T19:35:20.498-04:002011-07-18T19:35:20.498-04:00It's so painful to think that Spitzer might ma...It's so painful to think that Spitzer might make a little money from this junior high garbage and that some people will actually be influenced by it. I can just see the collective light bulbs going off in reader's heads: "Oh...I get it now...it was those damn libertarians and their free markets...if only we had more balding cretins who pay for sex with other peoples money looking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-16185659978748604662011-07-18T19:03:28.047-04:002011-07-18T19:03:28.047-04:00If you think this is bad, wait until China crashes...If you think this is bad, wait until China crashes and Spitzer blames it on 50 years of libertarian thought there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11928659231705452832011-07-18T16:51:45.485-04:002011-07-18T16:51:45.485-04:00Today is my favorite day in recent memory. Willia...Today is my favorite day in recent memory. William Anderson, my favorite Libertarian writer and thinker, piggybacked on MY post.<br /><br />Suck it Eliot Spitzer!Deucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-32555744466859342312011-07-18T13:30:07.580-04:002011-07-18T13:30:07.580-04:00But look, if we allowed libertarianism to dominate...But look, if we allowed libertarianism to dominate our country, then politicians would not be able to acquire the services of prostitutes at taxpayer’s expense, resulting in a massive crash in the sexual services market and bringing the entire economy down with it.<br /><br />I’m really surprised Spitzer failed to mention that.BK Broilernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29415598209914665882011-07-18T11:35:31.843-04:002011-07-18T11:35:31.843-04:00@Anonymous at 11.04
"Libertarians" who ...@Anonymous at 11.04<br /><br />"Libertarians" who believe in freedom gulags and market enforcement are actually called neo-conservatives.<br /><br />Nice try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-79128003980605767052011-07-18T11:31:58.181-04:002011-07-18T11:31:58.181-04:00Anon@1104AM, libertarianism is as far from "u...Anon@1104AM, libertarianism is as far from "utopianism" as you can get. Libs realize that people are imperfect, and will always have base motives, needs and wants that have to be met with scarce resources BUT we also allow for a framework of social interaction that takes that into account and appropriately punishes violators.<br /><br />If anyone is utopian, it is people like you that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-82370305705204532982011-07-18T11:04:02.816-04:002011-07-18T11:04:02.816-04:00This article and the discussion below is a classic...This article and the discussion below is a classic, textbook example of what utopian ideologies, which libertarianism is, lead to. The implementation never measures up to the utopian ideal, so when the ever imperfect implementation clashes violently with reality and wreaks havoc, the adherents demand the redoubling of efforts to force the reality into their utopia. Soviet communists thought this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53400731644484109172011-07-18T10:41:10.142-04:002011-07-18T10:41:10.142-04:00Spitzer's yet another lawyer and clueless to t...Spitzer's yet another lawyer and clueless to the fact that Saint Reagan's performance record NEVER matched his Free Market rhetoric.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-8647400461933445412011-07-18T10:39:25.871-04:002011-07-18T10:39:25.871-04:00I assume the 59 page book is also written at an 5t...I assume the 59 page book is also written at an 5th grade level for the freaking morons that would actually buy this stupidity. Does the book have pop-up pictures and come with a box of Crayolas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-36809555914976797452011-07-18T09:43:35.773-04:002011-07-18T09:43:35.773-04:00Eliot Spitzer is a wuss who fell in line after the...Eliot Spitzer is a wuss who fell in line after the Bush Administration ousted him from the NY governorship. I give Spitzer credit for his editorial in WaPo, "Predatory Lenders' Partner in Crime," which revealed the Bush Administration's successful blocking of individual states' attempts to regulate the out of control mortgage industry. Two or three weeks after this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45780323084804437882011-07-18T08:44:25.932-04:002011-07-18T08:44:25.932-04:00Awesome observation Deuce!!!Awesome observation Deuce!!!Richard Dale Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223505358122633852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-50639100409049774462011-07-18T08:29:40.001-04:002011-07-18T08:29:40.001-04:00I've read from some within the certain Liberta...I've read from some within the certain Libertarian circles(some of which I respect) that they had "respect" for Spitzer because his interviews were more cerebral than the average MSM ramblings/questions.<br /><br />I've never really understood that notion...and this stupid leaflet Spitzer's putting out only confirms that.<br /><br />He may have the intellect to fully Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19639820200374503332011-07-18T08:19:39.743-04:002011-07-18T08:19:39.743-04:00If Spitzer had written a critique of the “Working ...If Spitzer had written a critique of the “Working Girls” in the New York area, a subject of which he reportedly has firsthand knowledge, then his paltry 59 pages would be filled with credible information, perhaps even useful to someone, somewhere.<br /><br />But his amazing ignorance of true free markets, Austrian themes, and economics in general, makes this booklet (refuse to call it a "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11607824279795346412011-07-18T07:51:37.321-04:002011-07-18T07:51:37.321-04:00If we just lived through a libertarian period, how...If we just lived through a libertarian period, how did Spitzer ever get arrested? Duh.Bob Roddisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-72231873683336407392011-07-18T07:12:00.939-04:002011-07-18T07:12:00.939-04:00I like Deuce's post, except to say that I alwa...I like Deuce's post, except to say that I always refer to you-know-who as Client #9. The guy is and always be a piece of refuse and nothing more.<br /><br />The notion that there were no government controls or restrictions of financial markets is a sick joke, and proves that Client #9 really was clueless about Wall Street (or is lying, which I think is the more accurate choice). The housing William L. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802990642236807359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11457072159355864712011-07-18T00:59:37.996-04:002011-07-18T00:59:37.996-04:00You're all ducking the greater point. Liberta...You're all ducking the greater point. Libertarians do not believe in prohibitions on victimless crimes Like prostitution. If we really lived in the Libertarian age then the former Governor of New York would not have to publish inane fiction books in an effort to salvage a political career destroyed by his dalliances with whores. <br /><br />Eliot Spitzer's own pathetic life is the bestDeucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-48200164152781461802011-07-18T00:41:52.189-04:002011-07-18T00:41:52.189-04:00On the topic of our crazed opponents, the followin...On the topic of our crazed opponents, the following is real and not from The ONION. King MMTer himself, Warren Mosler pleads:<br /><br /><em>MMT to President Obama and Members of Congress:<br /><br />Deficit Reduction Takes Away Our Savings<br />SO PLEASE DON’T TAKE AWAY OUR SAVINGS!<br />Yes, it’s called the national debt, but US Treasury securities are nothing more than savings accounts at theBob Roddisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57066870360267926432011-07-17T20:45:45.930-04:002011-07-17T20:45:45.930-04:00It's very common that people argue with libert...It's very common that people argue with libertarianism and the Austrian school by the blaming government-created problems on the private sector.<br /><br />It works every time because it takes us too long to explain how the government created the problem.<br /><br />We need catchphrases that are shorter than 10 words that we can repeat over and over again.<br /><br />We need short, snappy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89180978565474858172011-07-17T18:15:21.304-04:002011-07-17T18:15:21.304-04:00With all that is going on today in politics and ec...With all that is going on today in politics and economics and he could come up with only 59 pages of material? LMAO. Talk about a vapid thinker! Given the large period of time he is covering, the enormity of the subject matter he is discussing and the paltry 59 pages he uses to discuss it, one has to assume his work employs an extreme amount of reductionism. Its sounds like a book written by a Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40857097860645362552011-07-17T16:49:07.383-04:002011-07-17T16:49:07.383-04:00I don't think the following two statements can...I don't think the following two statements can be disputed:<br /><br />1. Few if any critics of libertarianism have even a passing familiarity with the essential concept of the non-aggression principle.<br /><br />2. NO critic of the Austrian School has the slightest familiarity with even basic Austrian School concepts such as the knowledge problem or the essential nature of economic Bob Roddisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62357906242297443432011-07-17T15:37:20.644-04:002011-07-17T15:37:20.644-04:00What Anonymous 2:15 said.What Anonymous 2:15 said.Cletus IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-23842083037186373442011-07-17T15:30:31.376-04:002011-07-17T15:30:31.376-04:00Ugh. I often find it odd how people can categoriz...Ugh. I often find it odd how people can categorize the last 30 years as anything resembling free markets and/or related to libertarianism. If anything, I would say that two forms of collectivism have prevailed: The left-socialism of handouts to the downtrodden and the right-fascism of the corporatocracy. It is funny to me when people say that such and such politician is a centrist, because to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-39726711824025565922011-07-17T15:25:26.962-04:002011-07-17T15:25:26.962-04:00I would take this as a sign that Ron Paul is being...I would take this as a sign that Ron Paul is being more effective than we even imagine. Who would even bother mentioning "libertarianism" a few years ago?<br /><br />In a way, this is awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com