Jeb Bush in the WSJ: Capitalism and the Right to Rise -- In freedom lies the risk of failure. But in statism lies the certainty of stagnation.

December 19, 2011

This commentary had Fox News talking this morning! ~Lynn

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.


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."

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PoliFrog Blog: GK Butterfield -- Not Your Parent's Democrat.

GK Butterfield – Diving beyond Debt and Morality

Saturday, October 30, 2010


The Disclose Act (H.R. 5175) failed in the Senate. The failure of this bill is a win for free speech. Before it failed in the Senate, though, it passed in the house with GK Butterfield's support.


That is correct; GK Butterfield sided with limiting free political speech. Oh, he would argue that my free speech is fine and that your free speech is OK as well, but if the two of us were to incorporate and engage in political speech GK Butterfield would prefer us silenced and voted to that effect.

Polifrog asks Rep GK Butterfield, how many people engaged in political speech does it take before you think we should be silenced?

Neither Franklin D Roosevelt nor John F Kennedy would have drifted so far from the definition of American as to be asked such question.

GK Butterfield. Not your parent's democrat.

Update:

Another bill supported by GK Butterfield -- Stifling information coming and going. SEC Says New Financial Regulation Law Exempts it From Public Disclosure

So much for transparency.

Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act.

GK Butterfield -- Not Your Parent's Democrat.

http://polifrogblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/rep-gk-butterfield-nc-1-on-political.html

FREEDOM OF SPEECH STOPPED BY NYPD

ACTION ALERT…Video of Man Buring Koran at Ground Zero 9/11 Ceremony, Removed by NYPD
(Of course they would protect him if he was burning the American Flag!  And they aren’t allowed to give out Bibles in Afghanistan—it might be offensive!)

This is not what I would have done, but it is AMERICAN RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH--NOT GROUNDS FOR ARREST!
http://randysright.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/action-alert-video-of-man-buring-koran-at-ground-zero-911-cerimony-removed-by-nypd/

Don't agree with Obama? Get ready for IRS probe

Don't agree with Obama? Get ready for IRS probe



Private group told review under way since work may 'contradict' president
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=196313

This Is Our Children’s Legacy

This Is Our Children’s Legacy



August 21, 2010 by randyedye
Don't miss this outstanding video!

http://randysright.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/this-is-our-children%e2%80%99s-legacy/

Soros-funded group wants feds to probe talk radio

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=180009