Jude Wanniski: War Is Off

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Wed Feb 26 17:43:35 PST 2003


On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Nathan Newman wrote:


> The gold standard or a general strike might be a useful tool, but the
> fetishization of any one method, especially when repeated monomaniacally in
> a social context where it's unlikely to happen in any immediate period,
> qualifies you as a crank.
>
> -- Nathan
>

My fav example: Forbes & the flat tax. He's going to run again soon, isn't he? One of my guilty pleasures is watching Steve answer any question--foreign policy, race relations, whatever--by pointing out how the flat tax will solve the problem.

Miles



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