And They Are To Be Trusted With Power Because.....?
3 December 2007
Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
You solidly document that all of the leading Democratic presidential candidates are leveling charges against NAFTA that are ridiculous in the extreme ("Trade Distortions," December 3). You also rightly accuse these candidates of pandering to acute economic ignorance.
Given these would-be national "leaders'" displays of what is either profligate lying or gross stupidity, remind me why you trust them to take greater control over health-care provision in America. Or, more generally, why you typically argue that such elected officials can be relied upon to promote the greater good.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
You solidly document that all of the leading Democratic presidential candidates are leveling charges against NAFTA that are ridiculous in the extreme ("Trade Distortions," December 3). You also rightly accuse these candidates of pandering to acute economic ignorance.
Given these would-be national "leaders'" displays of what is either profligate lying or gross stupidity, remind me why you trust them to take greater control over health-care provision in America. Or, more generally, why you typically argue that such elected officials can be relied upon to promote the greater good.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Tuesday May 13, 2008 at 9:09pm