25 years ago in reason."There is no 'Reagan New Deal,' and nothing either historic or revolutionary is going on. The fact that a small handful of libertarians or quasi-libertarians have gotten middle-level jobs in the administration means nothing except that a different cast of characters is fattening fat·ten v. fat·tened, fat·ten·ing, fat·tens v.tr. 1. To make plump or fat. 2. To fertilize (land). 3. at the public trough Trough The stage of the economy's business cycle that marks the end of a period of declining business activity and the transition to expansion. and that their post-Washington careers will receive a substantial financial boost." --Murray Rothbard, "The Reagan Fraud" "The breakdown of the old institutions obliged o·blige v. o·bliged, o·blig·ing, o·blig·es v.tr. 1. To constrain by physical, legal, social, or moral means. 2. individuals either to reclaim their destinies by personally embracing all the problems that define our humanity or to allow themselves to be swept into the abyss with the old institutions.... In the '80s, the bedrock institutions continue their slide and are for the most part discredited dis·cred·it tr.v. dis·cred·it·ed, dis·cred·it·ing, dis·cred·its 1. To damage in reputation; disgrace. 2. To cause to be doubted or distrusted. 3. To refuse to believe. n. . Excitement and innovation in our culture comes from what used to be relegated to the fringes: small businesses, libertarianism libertarianism Political philosophy that stresses personal liberty. Libertarians believe that individuals should have complete freedom of action, provided their actions do not infringe on the freedom of others. , self-help, and all the alternatives in medicine, energy, the arts, education, and architecture ..." --Jack Shafer, "Tool for Living" |
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