Excuse me for posting the entire piece from Ohio Citizens Accounting Standards Board , but it cuts to the bone and should be read.
How to lie
It is interesting but secondary to wonder whether this man is lying or merely ignorant:
“We have arrived at a juncture in our politics where reasonable efforts to update our regulations, or make basic investments in our future, are too often greeted with cries of ‘government takeover’ or even ’socialism’,” Obama said.
“Getting this balance right has less to do with big government or small government than it does smart government. It’s not about being anti-business or pro-government; it’s about being pro-growth and pro-jobs,” he said.
No, sir, it’s not about being pro growth and pro jobs nor is it about smart government. It is about who makes decisions, you, or a free people. If you’re so smart and so persuasive, then raise capital and put it at risk. If you succeed you’ll both become fabulously wealth and serve society, the poor most of all. If, as is certain in this case, you fail miserably, then you’ll at least be out of our way and you won’t be able to hurt the poor any more than you already have.
