skews13
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Republicans, in the name of free markets, once worked hard to let companies pollute. That is no longer enough. They now want to punish companies that are trying not to pollute — or at least are supporting measures that will reduce global warming. These Republicans are not free marketeers. They are free-market socialists. Yes, that is an oxymoron. But that is the new conservative modus vivendi. Say one thing. Do another. Pay lip service to cops, the military, individual liberty, et al. — while trampling over the professed objects of their esteem.
But “using the tax dollars they control to punish companies that want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions” goes against the embrace of laissez-faire economics at the heart of conservative thinking. As Reagan said, “The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference.” This renders today’s conservatives hypocrites, as their desire to interfere in the economy, schools and individual choice is so ardent it would make a Marxist blush.
Have any of these partisan hacks even read Adam Smith's book? Do they know what capitalism is? Or are those questions rhetorical, and they are the partisan hacks they come off as, on the take from oil and coal companies?
But “using the tax dollars they control to punish companies that want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions” goes against the embrace of laissez-faire economics at the heart of conservative thinking. As Reagan said, “The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference.” This renders today’s conservatives hypocrites, as their desire to interfere in the economy, schools and individual choice is so ardent it would make a Marxist blush.
A cabal of GOP state treasurers interferes in the free market to promote global warming
Republicans, in the name of free markets, once worked hard to let companies pollute. That is no longer enough. They now want to punish companies that are trying not to pollute — or at least are supporting measures that will reduce global warming. These...
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Have any of these partisan hacks even read Adam Smith's book? Do they know what capitalism is? Or are those questions rhetorical, and they are the partisan hacks they come off as, on the take from oil and coal companies?