What We Believe #3 - Wealth Creation

[Phatscotty]

#1 Small Government and Free Enterprise.

Bill Whittle chalks out the basics of Tea Party Conservatism. In this segment, Bill talks about the advantages of small government and free enterprise.

[Phatscotty]

In Part 2 of his series on what Tea Party Conservatives believe, Bill looks at the problems and dangers associated with elitism and elitist philosophy.

[Woodruff]

Is it small government to create drug testing for welfare recipients?

[Phatscotty]

Is it small government to create drug testing for welfare recipients?

No. Government welfare, in all it's forms, is a staple of big government and redistribution of wealth.

[Symmetry]

Is "redistribution of wealth" a phrase you've ever thought about, or is it something you heard and have been trained to repeat?

[Phatscotty]

Is "redistribution of wealth" a phrase you've ever thought about, or is it something you heard and have been trained to repeat?

I think about it every second Monday Symm....

[Woodruff]

Is it small government to create drug testing for welfare recipients?

No. Government welfare, in all it's forms, is a staple of big government and redistribution of wealth.

The welfare already existed, so that is irrelevant to my question - would you like to answer the question? Or was the "no" the answer to my question?

[Symmetry]

Is "redistribution of wealth" a phrase you've ever thought about, or is it something you heard and have been trained to repeat?

I think about it every second Monday Symm....

Are you saying you use it more often than you think about it?

[Woodruff]

Is it small government to create drug testing for welfare recipients?

No. Government welfare, in all it's forms, is a staple of big government and redistribution of wealth.

I thought when I made a purchase that was a redistribution of wealth...isn't it?

[saxitoxin]

I watched the first 60 seconds or so of Scott's second video and this may be a case of shooting the message when you should be shooting the messenger (no offense, Scott).

Whittle, whomever he is, makes a few pretty decent example-based points about the evolution of the U.S. into a crowned republic, where an entrenched political caste controls the levers of power; three of his five examples are Republicans.

From the sixty-seconds or so I watched it's difficult for me to put down the video too heavily since I've made the same comments here in The Club as a reason for abolishing elections.

[BigBallinStalin]

I watched the first 60 seconds or so of Scott's second video and this may be a case of shooting the message when you should be shooting the messenger (no offense, Scott).

Whittle, whomever he is, makes a few pretty decent example-based points about the evolution of the U.S. into a crowned republic, where an entrenched political caste controls the levers of power; three of his five examples are Republicans.

From the sixty-seconds or so I watched it's difficult for me to put down the video too heavily since I've made the same comments here in The Club as a reason for abolishing elections.

Why abolish elections? Since the 1910s, we see the beginning of the significant growth of government, so I don't see elections being the main problem.

(Of course, it depends on what kind of political system you favor as an alternative to any system which uses elections.)

[Phatscotty]

I watched the first 60 seconds or so of Scott's second video and this may be a case of shooting the message when you should be shooting the messenger (no offense, Scott).

Whittle, whomever he is, makes a few pretty decent example-based points about the evolution of the U.S. into a crowned republic, where an entrenched political caste controls the levers of power; three of his five examples are Republicans.

From the sixty-seconds or so I watched it's difficult for me to put down the video too heavily since I've made the same comments here in The Club as a reason for abolishing elections.

Why abolish elections? Since the 1910s, we see the beginning of the significant growth of government, so I don't see elections being the main problem.

(Of course, it depends on what kind of political system you favor as an alternative to any system which uses elections.)

He meant to say "elitist banker" controlled elections. 1910 sounds about right.

[Woodruff]

Is it small government to create drug testing for welfare recipients?

No. Government welfare, in all it's forms, is a staple of big government and redistribution of wealth.

The welfare already existed, so that is irrelevant to my question - would you like to answer the question? Or was the "no" the answer to my question?

Ok then, since you're not answering, I'll go with "No" as your answer to my question unless you state otherwise. Since you recognize that it is not "small government" to create drug testing for welfare recipients, then I conclude that you're not really interested in "small government" at all. You're simply interested in "what Phatscotty wants government".

[Night Strike]

Is it small government to create drug testing for welfare recipients?

No. Government welfare, in all it's forms, is a staple of big government and redistribution of wealth.

The welfare already existed, so that is irrelevant to my question - would you like to answer the question? Or was the "no" the answer to my question?

Ok then, since you're not answering, I'll go with "No" as your answer to my question unless you state otherwise. Since you recognize that it is not "small government" to create drug testing for welfare recipients, then I conclude that you're not really interested in "small government" at all. You're simply interested in "what Phatscotty wants government".

The small government approach would be to remove the welfare.

[Phatscotty]

In Part 3 of the series, Bill shows how wealth can be created from thin air.