Jeb Bush: Capitalism and the Right to Rise

[saveliberty]

The Wall Street Journal:

^{OPINION
DECEMBER 19, 2011}

Capitalism and the Right to Rise
In freedom lies the risk of failure. But in statism lies the certainty of stagnation.


By JEB BUSH


Congressman Paul Ryan recently coined a smart phrase to describe the core concept of economic freedom: "The right to rise."

Think about it. We talk about the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, the right to assembly. The right to rise doesn't seem like something we should have to protect.

But we do. We have to make it easier for people to do the things that allow them to rise. We have to let them compete. We need to let people fight for business. We need to let people take risks. We need to let people fail. We need to let people suffer the consequences of bad decisions. And we need to let people enjoy the fruits of good decisions, even good luck.

That is what economic freedom looks like. Freedom to succeed as well as to fail, freedom to do something or nothing. People understand this. Freedom of speech, for example, means that we put up with a lot of verbal and visual garbage in order to make sure that individuals have the right to say what needs to be said, even when it is inconvenient or unpopular. We forgive the sacrifices of free speech because we value its blessings.

But when it comes to economic freedom, we are less forgiving of the cycles of growth and loss, of trial and error, and of failure and success that are part of the realities of the marketplace and life itself.

[Valin]

saveliberty

 

 

Increasingly, we have let our elected officials abridge our own economic freedoms through the annual passage of thousands of laws and their associated regulations. We see human tragedy and we demand a regulation to prevent it. We see a criminal fraud and we demand more laws. We see an industry dying and we demand it be saved. Each time, we demand "Do something . . . anything."

 

 

Don't just do something...stand there!

 

I recall when TARP was being debated the call in certain circles was 'We Have To Do Something or......'

I admit I don't know enough about this to opine as to whether or not it was going to be the end of the world as we know it or not, and their were good knowledgeable people on both sides, BUT I have to admit little alarm bells were going off in my head, in particular about the suddenness of this "crisis".

[righteousmomma]

I never dreamed I would live to see "capitalism" become a dirty word.

 

To quote Rush on Dec.2, 2011

"The job universe from January, 2009 when Obama was immaculated to the present is down about 2.5 million jobs. There are 2.5 million fewer jobs in our country in the two and a half, almost three years now, that Obama has been in orifice -- and that's the dirty little secret."

 

"What has been going on in this country since 2008 is not capitalism. Capitalism is not responsible for what's happened to this country since 2008. Barack Obama is. Capitalism does not need to be defended. Capitalism is not responsible for all of this unemployment and economic degradation. Capitalism has not been tried the last three years."

 

"Why are we sending kids to college if work is such a tainted concept? We're sending them to college for indoctrination. We're educating then with worthless degrees. They come out not knowing how to do anything, and they blame people who have gone a different route."

[Valin]

I never dreamed I would live to see "capitalism" become a dirty word.

 

To quote Rush on Dec.2, 2011

"The job universe from January, 2009 when Obama was immaculated to the present is down about 2.5 million jobs. There are 2.5 million fewer jobs in our country in the two and a half, almost three years now, that Obama has been in orifice -- and that's the dirty little secret."

 

 

Well that's because we've gotten lazy..."The One" says so, and that ends all debate.

 

Remember what Rush said about Bill Clinton? Harry Truman said "The Buck Stops Here", with Bill The Buck Never Got Here, well the same can be said about "The One"....in spades. It's never his fault, it's always our fault. Obama is a combination of thin skin and huge ego...never a good combination.

[NCTexan]

[Valin]

 

 

Let me count 1 pointing out, 1 2 3 pointing back, one waffling.

[nickydog]

Rush was very excited about this Jeb Bush article. Said he could have written it himself.