Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The Childish World View of Progressives

From Cafe Hayek:

Low-skilled workers earning too little? No problem! Pass a minimum-wage statute – one that either miraculously makes low-skilled workers more productive, or miraculously suspends the laws of supply and demand so that wages are no longer bound by this reality.

Too many Americans getting too little health care for your taste? No problem! Legislate that health-insurance be available and affordable to everyone. Abracadabra! Problem solved!

Rents too high? Zippidy-doo-da — rent-control makes them lower.

A foreign country is plagued by a brutal dictator and infused with dysfunctional cultural norms? No worries! Shazam! The U.S. military will fix that problem up in a jiffy!


Thanks to Matt for sharing.

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