The Intellectual Fragility of Cruncy Conservatism
28 April 2006
Editor, Cybercast News Service
Dear Editor:
Reviewing Rod Dreher's book Crunchy Cons (April 25), Paul Weyrich applauds Dreher's assertion that "big business deserves as much skepticism as big government."
Really? Businesses (without government assistance) only offer to trade with me voluntarily; they otherwise leave me alone. In contrast, government confiscates large chunks of my wealth and disrupts my life with arrogant commands and prohibitions. Businesses prosper in peace; governments habitually make war. The former are producers; the latter - despite its telegenic pose to the contrary - is a predator.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, Cybercast News Service
Dear Editor:
Reviewing Rod Dreher's book Crunchy Cons (April 25), Paul Weyrich applauds Dreher's assertion that "big business deserves as much skepticism as big government."
Really? Businesses (without government assistance) only offer to trade with me voluntarily; they otherwise leave me alone. In contrast, government confiscates large chunks of my wealth and disrupts my life with arrogant commands and prohibitions. Businesses prosper in peace; governments habitually make war. The former are producers; the latter - despite its telegenic pose to the contrary - is a predator.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Sunday February 11, 2007 at 7:01am