Wednesday, August 03, 2011

We are blessed to have our problems

I told you Rubio was good. You owe it to yourself to watch it all.

at 08:03
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10 comments:

The Usual Suspect said...

While I agree with most of what Senator Rubio had to say, I most vehemently disagree with his statement at 5:44 regarding economic justice vs. economic opportunity.  He says,"...one is  not more moral than the other."  Not only do I disagree with him, but so did the Founders:

"To take from one, because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, “the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry, & the fruits acquired by it.'”
-Thomas Jefferson

Certainly economic opportunity is morally superior to economic justice, as economic justice is merely a phrase created by the Marxists to replace "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need."

11:02
Red 5 said...

'"To take from one, because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, “the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry, & the fruits acquired by it.'”  
-Thomas Jefferson "

Pretty funny coming from a slave owner.

14:11
DeltaBravo said...

Actually the irony there underlines the modern day reverse slavery the gummint tries to impose... making some work for others is wrong no matter which end of the socioeconomic bracket does the work.

14:34
DeltaBravo said...

Actually I disagree.  Economic opportunity is a neutral value.  You can take it or you can leave it.  Justice is a virtue.  There are several kinds of justice... retributive, distributive, social and commutative justice.  To take from someone involuntarily and give to another who has not earned it is a violation of one or more of these kinds of justices.  Charity is what we strive for.  Forced charity is an oxymoron.

14:36
Vigilis said...

Spoken like a true lawyer. Rubio is making Perry look better every day. 

16:43
The Usual Suspect said...

In this case we are talking about economic opportunity and it is morally superior to economic justice.  This is not an argument about the abstract ideas of opportunity and justice in their pure forms.  Economic opportunity takes nothing away from anybody, while economic justice is used to redistribute to those who have not earned anything through their own toil.  You have to exert positive effort to take advantage of economic opportunity.  Economic justice takes away from those who took advantage of the opportunity (a positive and morally superior position) and redistrubutes it to those who do not put forth the effort to suceed, but expect to have success handed to them (a negative and morally inferior position).  Equal economic opportunity does not guarantee equal outcomes. Equal economic justice equals equal economic misery.

19:22
The Usual Suspect said...

R5
Nice ad hominem on your part.  The sentiment of Jefferson is correct, but his hypocrisy is evident in today's light.  20/20 hindsight is 20/20 for a reason. 

19:28
Salty Gator said...

The cradle of democracy in Greece yielded us equally imperfect philosopher politicians; however without them we surely would not have reached the markedly better enlightened utopia that we currently enjoy.

Before you $hit all over the giants of history, place them into context of their time.  Acknowledge their fallings.  But marvel at the leaps of knowledge and thought that they brought to the table.  AND BE GRATEFUL.

19:43
Salty Gator said...

TUS:  you and DB are in violent agreement.  The only difference is that you are accepting the LIBERAL definition of "economic justice", and she is using the correct (and conservative) definition. Thus, if you were to hold the line on not letting liberals re-write Webster's Dictionary, you and her would be clicking "LIKE" on each other's statements!

19:45
DeltaBravo said...

Solomon hath spoken.  I think TUS, if he's using the liberal definition, needs to put "economic justice" in ironic quotes.

20:55

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