The Burlesque Called Government
30 December 2006
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
Dear Editor:
I have no reason to question Peggy Noonan's description of Gerald Ford as "lacking in vanity" ("Ford Without Tears," Dec. 30). As politicians go, Mr. Ford was probably a genuinely decent chap. But if political success doesn't turn good people into disgraceful bullies in the mold of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, it at least makes them daffy. Mr. Ford's "Whip Inflation Now" campaign - with its buttons and his request that Americans send him ten ideas on how to combat inflation - surely ranks among the most laughable skits in the burlesque called government.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
Dear Editor:
I have no reason to question Peggy Noonan's description of Gerald Ford as "lacking in vanity" ("Ford Without Tears," Dec. 30). As politicians go, Mr. Ford was probably a genuinely decent chap. But if political success doesn't turn good people into disgraceful bullies in the mold of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, it at least makes them daffy. Mr. Ford's "Whip Inflation Now" campaign - with its buttons and his request that Americans send him ten ideas on how to combat inflation - surely ranks among the most laughable skits in the burlesque called government.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Monday September 10, 2007 at 9:25am