tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348426051861058546.post9100315622891539555..comments2009-01-02T17:10:41.141-05:00Joshua Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14621196691454851684noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348426051861058546.post-42871217728933974852009-01-02T16:50:00.000-05:002009-01-02T16:50:00.000-05:00Is it just me or wasn't it the "free-market principles (unhindered by Congressional intervention)" specifically the de-regulation of loaning practices directly at fault here? I remember reading that somewhere...Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06754224397319378338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348426051861058546.post-2998820842983030592008-12-18T18:38:00.000-05:002008-12-18T18:38:00.000-05:00Gene, that ain't it. If you can get ahold of the live C-Span broadcast from Cato today, it's well worth it. Daniel Mitchell and Steven Estin did the homework (and more) to show how current Keynesian approaches (i.e., the Bailouts) will leave us no better off than when these approaches were tried before under Democratic presidencies, and especially (and most recently) Japan. Their Keynesian experiment of the last several years has left their economy in a very dark tunnel, and I hope we stop imitating them real soon. Rove is right: a return to real free-market principles (unhindered by Congressional intervention, as even Reagan's was) is our only way out of this, and Republicans need to champion it.peering innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348426051861058546.post-4828957013657704002008-12-11T15:12:00.000-05:002008-12-11T15:12:00.000-05:00The GOP's comeback is simple, it's a party of old white dudes, stop being old white dudes...Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06754224397319378338noreply@blogger.com