if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803
Let Them Eat Cake
by Hal_10000
I’m sure you’ve heard that the LA City Council voted to ban new fast food restaurants from the LA area. It’s a good thing that they failed in their previous efforts—a move to ban on one of the cheapest sources of groceries for poor people.
In 2004, she backed an ordinance to keep one of America’s lowest-priced grocers (Wal-Mart) out of the area, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal.
By attempting to ban Wal-Mart, Perry was not only depriving her district of that store’s low prices, but also of the ripple effect Wal-Mart can have on area groceries. According to economic analysts, the price of groceries drops an average of 10-15 percent in markets Wal-Mart enters.
Someone should tell Perry that the last thing the people of District 9 need in their diets is more of her ill-advised laws. Squeezing capitalism, cutting down on choices, and starving the economy will do nothing for the health of any city.
It’s amazing how easily liberals can get away with saying that poor people are irresponsible stupid children who need to be guided through life.
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“Typing this from my hotel room in Tel Aviv, btw”
Wonderd why your flag was different. Is the air still shimmering from Obama’s recent visit?
As the religious right (Every. Single. Last. One. Of. Them.) and a poor person, I think you are wrong, “stogy”.
After moving to LA, I noticed there weren’t Wal-Marts anywhere, and I knew why. But what really surprised me was… there are Targets all over the damn place. Why aren’t they being persecuted for contributing to this supposed scourge of all humanity that is the big-box store? WTF?
Why aren’t they being persecuted for contributing to this supposed scourge of all humanity that is the big-box store?
Because Target is “hip”. Little do people realize it’s all just their branding. Target is just like Wal-Mart except that they market differently.
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Not all that different to the religious right, really.
Not all liberals are supportive of government-imposed and high spending/high-taxing solutions to social problems. I would suggest that, just like the right, there is a whole left-libertarian philosophy that remains under explored.
Typing this from my hotel room in Tel Aviv, btw. I’ll be here for a couple of weeks for a conference and a bit of a look around the country.