| One of the major problems with having populist | | | | the books. |
| type politicians or even a president is that they | | | | Now the media and the population is telling |
| are only as strong politically as their poll numbers | | | | government to put more rules and more |
| are with the population. If the population starts | | | | regulations on business, rather than simply |
| demanding something, then they need to jump | | | | enforcing the current rules, which would have |
| and they need to ask how high. Unfortunately, the | | | | prevented the problems in the first place. We |
| minds of the masses has been molded by the | | | | must not forget that capitalism is what created |
| media and any time the media makes a big | | | | this great nation, and those nations that are |
| controversy or chaotic scene out of any event in | | | | socialist countries have not done nearly as well as |
| our society; the voters demand that the politicians | | | | the United States of America. |
| do something immediately. | | | | Yes, it is amazing that we are not listening to Ayn |
| What has happened is the media and many | | | | Rand's obvious warnings against attacks on free |
| people that really do not understand economics | | | | markets. Of course, she wasn't the only one to |
| have blamed capitalism and the business | | | | warn us; Milton Friedman, Adam Smith, Ludwig |
| community for all the things that have happened | | | | von Mises, and many still alive today. The Ayn |
| in the global crisis economic meltdown. This is | | | | Rand Institute newsletter noted that sales of |
| unfortunate because, a lot of what happened is | | | | "Atlas Shrugged" were at an all time high. |
| due to bad policy, regulations, and the inability of | | | | Personally, I am not surprised a bit. So, think on |
| government to enforce the regulations already on | | | | that. |