Comments on: Quote of the day: William Jennings Bryan http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/quote-of-day-william-jennings-bryan.html Finance, Economics and Markets Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/quote-of-day-william-jennings-bryan.html#comment-535 Edward Harrison Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/quote-of-the-day-william-jennings-bryan.html#comment-535 The Democrats are accused of trying to fix EVERYTHING with government and the Republicans are accused of doing NOTHING and letting people sink into the abyss. <br/><br/>Certainly, I think there is a kernel of truth in both of these views and ideologues on both sides want it to be so.<br/><br/>This is one reason why I am neither Democrat nor Republican. In the end, ideologues don't get things done, pragmatists do. Real solutions require abandoning ideology, getting out of the ivory tower, rolling up one's sleeves and getting things done. The Democrats are accused of trying to fix EVERYTHING with government and the Republicans are accused of doing NOTHING and letting people sink into the abyss.

Certainly, I think there is a kernel of truth in both of these views and ideologues on both sides want it to be so.

This is one reason why I am neither Democrat nor Republican. In the end, ideologues don’t get things done, pragmatists do. Real solutions require abandoning ideology, getting out of the ivory tower, rolling up one’s sleeves and getting things done.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/quote-of-day-william-jennings-bryan.html#comment-534 Anonymous Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:55:00 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/quote-of-the-day-william-jennings-bryan.html#comment-534 The flaw in this is that it is not the purpose of government to MAKE anyone prosperous. It is only neccesary for government not to put too many obstacles in the way of it's citizens and prosperity will follow. <br/>It is a fatal flaw to believe that government can make anyone prosperous other than those able to benefit from their contact with politicians and the largesse that flows from this contact. The flaw in this is that it is not the purpose of government to MAKE anyone prosperous. It is only neccesary for government not to put too many obstacles in the way of it’s citizens and prosperity will follow.
It is a fatal flaw to believe that government can make anyone prosperous other than those able to benefit from their contact with politicians and the largesse that flows from this contact.

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