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The New THOMA$ REPORT on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:35:04 PM
“ 'Behind every great fortune, there is a crime.'
Balzac’s famous quotation is quite likely an accurate description of the
economic climate of authoritarian 19th Century France. But as any fan of Ayn
Rand’s novels--and indeed the American dream in general--can attest, a great
many fortunes can be, and often are, made quickly and ethically when people are
left to pursue their own interests via free enterprise. Warren Buffet and Linus
Torvalds are two among millions of examples, here. It’s only the insecure, the
'second-handers,' the inferior producers of inferior products--the Peter
Keatings and Orren Boyles of the world--that need to create and maintain their
wealth by unethical means." (Kimberly Wingfield on "The Atlasphere") One of their unethical
means in Ayn Rand's monumental work, "Atlas Shrugged," was
"Directive 10-289," something that would be patently unconstitutional
in the real world (but which was excellently illustrative), demanded that big
business have a "moratorium on brains" and give others time to
"catch up." The only problem is, the people this directive was
designed to help would NEVER "catch up" without help from the
government, to limit competition. And that's what today's liberals are trying
to do, to gain power. The new tactic the "second-hander" businessmen
are using (with government help) is the "FDA Globalization Act of
2008," which basically creates a $2,000 "fee" that all
cosmetology companies (big or small) must pay the government in order to be in
business. What the government promises to do in return for this "fee"
isn't known. The last I heard, new "fees" should be supported by
promises to help the industry involved. Not this one. A "fee" of this
size guarantees fewer "start-ups" in the cosmetics business, just as
a similar fee would have made it impossible for me to start my own business.
The big companies won't have any trouble paying this and passing it on to their
customers. It's the "little guy" who will be hurt the most while the
businesses who promoted this unfair law will benefit when these small
businesses go out of business (or never start) because the government just took
away a big part of their profit while making it impossible for others to even
start business. Hear that "giant sucking sound?" (Stolen from Ross
Perot) It's the government sucking more money out of people's pockets. There is no good reason for this "fee," except to limit competition for those who have "pull" in Washington. Have you heard about this "Act" in the
liberal media? I thought not.
(Kimberly Wingfield/TheAtlasphere)