[This is the first in a set of pieces by Benjamin Lusty, lawyer and an occasional contributor to Publius Online, on the topic of economic inequality] ______________________________________________________________ Americans tend not to wage class war. The rugged individual within us celebrates economic success. True, we loathe profit by malfeasance, but we do not begrudge those who prosper […]
the price we pay for not being born mud-turtles
February 18, 2011 by
“However, American conservatives are caught in the web of their careless antigovernment rhetoric. They are partially immobilized by their uneasy consciences about government power. This uneasiness derives from their libertarian tendency–from an economic predisposition pressed into service as political philosophy. This question must be asked: If conservatives do not want to use government power in […]
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