Virginia Is For (liquor) Lovers!: Gov. Mcdonnell’s Makes The Case To Privatize Booze Sales.
Bob McDonnell is a self-professed Pinot Grigio and White Zinfandel drinker.
He’s also the new Republican governor of Virginia and is taking aim at the commonwealth’s oppressive and inefficient st…
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yak, I applaud you on this post (almost) Though, it doesn’t seem like you would get along well with conservatives, you’re quite the radical.I take exception to the following : “The Gov’t should NOT regulate or compete with business except to keep monopolies from forming… PERIOD!”Can you tell me what a monopoly is?Can you tell me the difference between a coercive monopoly and a non coercive monopoly?Can you tell me HOW a coercive monopoly can be established?
February 8, 2010 4:35 pm | #1Twiggy269,I guess either we speak a different english language or you can’t or don’t read well.I’ll try to be more clear:The Gov’t should NOT regulate or compete with business except to keep monopolies from forming… PERIOD!All gov’t “services” like fire, police, road maintenance etc should be handled by PRIVATE companies on COMPETITIVE bids.
February 8, 2010 4:51 pm | #2as I suspected, you have no clue what the term Free Market Capitalist even means.Not even our founding fathers, our bill of rights, or our constitution set up a separation between state and economics. When I say Capitalism, I mean a full, pure, uncontrolled, unregulated laissez faire capitalism, with a separation of state and economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of state and church.
February 8, 2010 5:14 pm | #3Twiggy269 said:”You’re talking about a literal separation of State and Economics when you say “Free Market Capitalist”. Correct. Read the 10th AMENDMENT to the Commerce Clause and the term “Necessary and Proper”You do know what the word “Amendment” means, right?The 10th Amendment means that the FEDERAL gov’t SHALL NOT interfere with commerce because that leaves the States and the People to FREELY compete WITHOUT a FEDERAL MONOPOLY!Read the 10th after EACH section of the law!
February 8, 2010 5:16 pm | #4Forgive me for thinking your reply had anything to do with my post.I don’t necessarily disagree with your post describing different breeds of Conservatives, unless you’re trying to equate “Constitutional Conservatives” with “Free Market Capitalists” Words have meaning yak.A “Free Market Capitalist” is a very tight platform of ideas. You’re talking about a literal separation of State and Economics when you say “Free Market Capitalist”.
February 8, 2010 5:29 pm | #5Twiggy269,I looked, but I could not find the word “Reagan” in my post.Perhaps you can’t read?
February 8, 2010 5:31 pm | #6Republican leader Mitch McConnells explanation of his partys approach to a stimulus plan would make Leon Trotsky proud: We should have a simple test: Will the . . . trillion-dollar spending bill really create jobs and grow the economy . . .?A party that truly understood what is wrong with socialism would recognize the injustice and impossibility of central planners expropriating and dictating citizens into prosperity.
February 8, 2010 5:57 pm | #7In his floor statement opposing the bill (auto bailout), leading Republican senator Mitch McConnells stinging criticism consisted of finding that the bill does not lay out an effective strategy for securing the long-term viability of these companies, that it did not give the proposed Car Czar enough power, and–the ultimate deal-killer for Republicans–the bill would have adjusted auto worker wage rates at too slow a pace. The fact is, Republicans do not oppose central planning
February 8, 2010 6:27 pm | #8yak -are you suggesting that Reagan was a “Constitutional Conservative” ?Reagan was to the left of Alexander Hamilton (if you even know who that is) and he was the big government control freak of his time.I stand by my statement that Conservatives are NOT Captialists. Libertarians may slide into the title of “Capitalists” but they fall apart when trying to pose logical arguments for WHY capitalism is the ONLY moral system of government.
February 8, 2010 6:42 pm | #9Only a New-Conservative (NeoCon) would claim it was the Governments responsibility to “Create Jobs” or “Grow the Economy” UNLESS they are referring to Gov’t getting out of the way with LESS redistribution, regulation and Keynesian Central Planning.A NeoCon is a Progressive RINO and NOT a Constitutional Conservative.A Crony Corporatist is NOT a Free Market Capitalist.Yes, I am positive that you have NO idea what the differences are.Perhaps you should research the subjects.
February 8, 2010 6:59 pm | #10