Capitalism and the Right to Rise

[WillowTree]

Children are NOT a product

yes,, and?

 

[Truthmatters]

quit putting a dollar sign on EVERYTHING in our society

 

[AquaAthena]

Congressman Paul Ryan recently coined a smart phrase to describe the core concept of economic freedom: "The right to rise."

Think about it. We talk about the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, the right to assembly. The right to rise doesn't seem like something we should have to protect.

But we do. We have to make it easier for people to do the things that allow them to rise. We have to let them compete. We need to let people fight for business. We need to let people take risks. We need to let people fail. We need to let people suffer the consequences of bad decisions. And we need to let people enjoy the fruits of good decisions, even good luck.

That is what economic freedom looks like. Freedom to succeed as well as to fail, freedom to do something or nothing. People understand this. Freedom of speech, for example, means that we put up with a lot of verbal and visual garbage in order to make sure that individuals have the right to say what needs to be said, even when it is inconvenient or unpopular. We forgive the sacrifices of free speech because we value its blessings.

But when it comes to economic freedom, we are less forgiving of the cycles of growth and loss, of trial and error, and of failure and success that are part of the realities of the marketplace and life itself.








Jeb Bush: Capitalism and the Right to Rise - WSJ.com







much better than a collective donchyathink? Go Jeb B US H

But as long as we have a Cloward and Piven, Saul Alinsky, "Rules for Radicals" follower in the WH, the word "rise" is an attitude and ambition to harshly fight against! Fail, or sink, would be the desire of those who do not want what it takes for a prosperous society in order that they may continue to have all that they would take from the job creators, including their paycheck or entitlement check. Crisis, is but one step towards the goal of socialism..

 

[WillowTree]

quit putting a dollar sign on EVERYTHING in our society

why not? the teachers unions dew.

 

[Dragon]

And what of the rights of those who choose to rise through Collective Bargaining?

They seek to rise on the backs of others. It's one thing to be a wealth creator, quite another to simply confiscate wealth. The biggest problem with collective bargaining is that some will rise when they don't deserve it. Even the laziest of the bunch will benefit through the labors of others.

This is a very revealing post. It's suggesting that increasing baseline wages constitutes "confiscation" of wealth.

What that in turn suggests is that all of the wealth the company will produce rightfully belongs to its owners, not to those who work for it, as that is the only way that increasing what must be paid to those who work could be called "confiscation." It implicitly sets the baseline for wages at zero, and implies that all workers should be happy for anything they're paid above this baseline.

It's also an illustration of what I said earlier: one set of actions (like collective bargaining) helps people rise from the working class into the middle class. Another set of actions (which includes RESISTANCE to collective bargaining and keeping wages LOW) helps people who are already middle class to rise into the ranks of the truly wealthy. The easier we make it for people to do one of those, the harder it will become for people to do the other.

If Ryan is really concerned with making it easier for people to "rise," he needs to stop giving so much support to those who have already "risen."

 

[rdean]

Congressman Paul Ryan recently coined a smart phrase to describe the core concept of economic freedom: "The right to rise."

Think about it. We talk about the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, the right to assembly. The right to rise doesn't seem like something we should have to protect.

But we do. We have to make it easier for people to do the things that allow them to rise. We have to let them compete. We need to let people fight for business. We need to let people take risks. We need to let people fail. We need to let people suffer the consequences of bad decisions. And we need to let people enjoy the fruits of good decisions, even good luck.

That is what economic freedom looks like. Freedom to succeed as well as to fail, freedom to do something or nothing. People understand this. Freedom of speech, for example, means that we put up with a lot of verbal and visual garbage in order to make sure that individuals have the right to say what needs to be said, even when it is inconvenient or unpopular. We forgive the sacrifices of free speech because we value its blessings.

But when it comes to economic freedom, we are less forgiving of the cycles of growth and loss, of trial and error, and of failure and success that are part of the realities of the marketplace and life itself.








Jeb Bush: Capitalism and the Right to Rise - WSJ.com







much better than a collective donchyathink? Go Jeb B US H

You forgot the part about how much it helps if you can buy Republican politicians.

 

[WillowTree]

Congressman Paul Ryan recently coined a smart phrase to describe the core concept of economic freedom: "The right to rise."

Think about it. We talk about the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, the right to assembly. The right to rise doesn't seem like something we should have to protect.

But we do. We have to make it easier for people to do the things that allow them to rise. We have to let them compete. We need to let people fight for business. We need to let people take risks. We need to let people fail. We need to let people suffer the consequences of bad decisions. And we need to let people enjoy the fruits of good decisions, even good luck.

That is what economic freedom looks like. Freedom to succeed as well as to fail, freedom to do something or nothing. People understand this. Freedom of speech, for example, means that we put up with a lot of verbal and visual garbage in order to make sure that individuals have the right to say what needs to be said, even when it is inconvenient or unpopular. We forgive the sacrifices of free speech because we value its blessings.

But when it comes to economic freedom, we are less forgiving of the cycles of growth and loss, of trial and error, and of failure and success that are part of the realities of the marketplace and life itself.








Jeb Bush: Capitalism and the Right to Rise - WSJ.com







much better than a collective donchyathink? Go Jeb B US H

You forgot the part about how much it helps if you can buy Republican politicians.

I didn't forget anything. Gov. Jeb Bush wrote the opinion. Thanks for playing.. (knot)

 

[Truthmatters]

quit putting a dollar sign on EVERYTHING in our society

why not? the teachers unions dew.

why do you hate teachers having power over their lives?


Why do you want to set up a system in which they have to treat children trying to learn as a produced product?

 

[WillowTree]

quit putting a dollar sign on EVERYTHING in our society

why not? the teachers unions dew.

why do you hate teachers having power over their lives?


Why do you want to set up a system in which they have to treat children trying to learn as a produced product?

why do you want to shit the taxpayers out of their hard earned money?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

from a wealthy man who inherited tons of money

And made more through actual work, unlike his brother.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

And what of the rights of those who choose to rise through Collective Bargaining?

If the government has its way no one will be able to rise, even union members.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

they inherited their wealth

Who is they? If you are talking about the Bush's, Papa made his money himself, and even Dubya got richer through luck than he did from Papa.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Children are NOT a product

They are if they go to school.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

quit putting a dollar sign on EVERYTHING in our society

I am not the one assigning a dollar sigh to everything, you are. You are the one that insists we pay teachers who do bad jobs, unions that take money from people to support things they disagree with, and politicians that get paid to fly to Hawaii.

 

[Dot Com]

who is it that is buying our reps?

Its not poor people

So WillowTree IS for crony capitalism? Figures.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Upward mobility is more easily achievable now in Europe than it is here.

Social Immobility: Climbing The Economic Ladder Is Harder In The U.S. Than In Most European Countries

 

[bripat9643]

And what of the rights of those who choose to rise through Collective Bargaining?

That's like asking "what about the rights of those who choose to rise by robbing banks?"

"Collective bargaining" is just a form of extortion enforced by the government. It would be criminal in a just society.

 

[Avatar4321]

quit putting a dollar sign on EVERYTHING in our society

why not? the teachers unions dew.

why do you hate teachers having power over their lives?


Why do you want to set up a system in which they have to treat children trying to learn as a produced product?

Why do you not want children to actually learn?

 

[bripat9643]

quit putting a dollar sign on EVERYTHING in our society

why not? the teachers unions dew.

Ever notice that the people who say "don't put a dollar sign in front of everything" are always the kind who are asking you for dollars?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Upward mobility is more easily achievable now in Europe than it is here.

Social Immobility: Climbing The Economic Ladder Is Harder In The U.S. Than In Most European Countries

Ever wonder why that is? Do you think the government going out of its way to pick winners, and losers, slows down social mobility? Why should people have to petition the government to start a business in the first place?