Comments on: This Will Get Me Excommunicated from Polite Society http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2009/05/24/this-will-get-me-excommunicated-from-polite-society/ The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. - F.A. Hayek Thu, 24 May 2012 03:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: jb http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2009/05/24/this-will-get-me-excommunicated-from-polite-society/comment-page-1/#comment-5891 jb Thu, 28 May 2009 12:41:01 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2009/05/24/this-will-get-me-excommunicated-from-polite-society/#comment-5891 There you go again, getting me thinking....If we have a Labor Day...and a "Land Day" (Earth Day)....., how come we don't have a Capital day?... There you go again, getting me thinking….If we have a Labor Day…and a “Land Day” (Earth Day)….., how come we don’t have a Capital day?…

]]> By: Calder http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2009/05/24/this-will-get-me-excommunicated-from-polite-society/comment-page-1/#comment-5874 Calder Thu, 28 May 2009 03:24:05 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2009/05/24/this-will-get-me-excommunicated-from-polite-society/#comment-5874 Glory is part of the compensation package for enlisting. The more days of glory we create, the lower equilibrium wage necessary to entice ppl to enter the business of standing a post with a rifle; yielding lower taxes for everyone. Glory is part of the compensation package for enlisting. The more days of glory we create, the lower equilibrium wage necessary to entice ppl to enter the business of standing a post with a rifle; yielding lower taxes for everyone.

]]> By: Harry http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2009/05/24/this-will-get-me-excommunicated-from-polite-society/comment-page-1/#comment-5773 Harry Tue, 26 May 2009 04:43:50 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2009/05/24/this-will-get-me-excommunicated-from-polite-society/#comment-5773 Wintercow, you ask many mouthfuls of questions. Damn, I wish I were your student, which means I would be maybe 19. OK, at 19 I'd be a wiseass. I share all of your sentiments in your essay, but it is too complicated to discuss every sentence, let alone each paragraph. You have a good heart, my friend. So does your correspondent Speedmaster. And the other guy, whoever the hell he or she is, and I do not want to waste the time to look them up. P.S. Abolish the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Energy! These are two topics to be explored in Econ 101, 304, and 403 next year, or in 2010 at the U of R. Wintercow, you ask many mouthfuls of questions. Damn, I wish I were your student, which means I would be maybe 19. OK, at 19 I’d be a wiseass. I share all of your sentiments in your essay, but it is too complicated to discuss every sentence, let alone each paragraph.

You have a good heart, my friend.

So does your correspondent Speedmaster. And the other guy, whoever the hell he or she is, and I do not want to waste the time to look them up.

P.S.

Abolish the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Energy! These are two topics to be explored in Econ 101, 304, and 403 next year, or in 2010 at the U of R.

]]> By: wintercow20 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2009/05/24/this-will-get-me-excommunicated-from-polite-society/comment-page-1/#comment-5745 wintercow20 Mon, 25 May 2009 16:05:34 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2009/05/24/this-will-get-me-excommunicated-from-polite-society/#comment-5745 You are missing the point: the logger and the soldier are both volunteers. The logger knows the hazards of the job, get killed by a tree or a wayward chain saw so he chooses to work for a company that gives better safety to the loggers and pays the biggest bucks. On the other hand the soldier also knows the dangers when sent to the front to fight the enemy either be right here or on some foreing land, to kill or be killed by another human. The ultimate sacrifice not for money but defending freedom, the right to choose where to work and how much to get paid. You are missing the point: the logger and the soldier are both volunteers. The logger knows the hazards of the job, get killed by a tree or a wayward chain saw so he chooses to work for a company that gives better safety to the loggers and pays the biggest bucks. On the other hand the soldier also knows the dangers when sent to the front to fight the enemy either be right here or on some foreing land, to kill or be killed by another human. The ultimate sacrifice not for money but defending freedom, the right to choose where to work and how much to get paid.

]]> By: wintercow20 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2009/05/24/this-will-get-me-excommunicated-from-polite-society/comment-page-1/#comment-5741 wintercow20 Mon, 25 May 2009 13:25:29 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2009/05/24/this-will-get-me-excommunicated-from-polite-society/#comment-5741 Guess is more patriotic and worthy of remembrance to give your life for your country fighting a war here or abroad than for the truck driver dying in an accident on an icy road delivering the groceries to the supermarket!!!! Guess is more patriotic and worthy of remembrance to give your life for your country fighting a war here or abroad than for the truck driver dying in an accident on an icy road delivering the groceries to the supermarket!!!!

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