March 10, 2011
Anyone who understands basic economics already
knows that President Obama's $2.3 billion green-jobs initiative was
snake oil, writes John Stossel. In judging any government
initiative, you can't look just at the credit side of ledger
because the government is unable to give without first taking away.
Inevitably, more is taken—destroyed—than is given because the
government substitutes force and taxation for consent and free
exchange.
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