I‘m not against capitalism; I’m very much engaged in it.
I’m against *carnivorous capitalism* …
Like Adam Smith (real Adam Smith; not the one conjured by the 20th century deregulationists) …
Like the great filmmaker, Frank Capra, and his brilliant character, good old George Bailey…
Like former Labor Secretary, Professor Robert Reich….
Enjoy the show.
May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants—while everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.
May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.
President George Washington, in a Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, August 21, 1790
Here's the whole letter: https://loeb.columbian.gwu.edu/george-washingtons-letter-hebrew-congregation-newport-rhode-island
Triggered, perhaps, by pre-Christmas readings in the book of Revelation (considering a second-coming while preparing to celebrate the first, maybe?) I detected a persistent ringing in my ears that was not so much like sleigh bells as a fire alarm.
What happened to Christmas in the world's number one self-certified christian nation?
These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: — It is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to set a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.
Thomas Paine . December 19, 1776
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
https://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/war/text2/painecrisis1776.pdf
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But Lincoln’s image on a coin? Yeh, I’ll miss that.
If we’re thinking about a new public coin, something with Lincoln on it strikes me as much better than the other idea I've heard recently ... if only because we know how Lincoln's story ends.
