found online by Raymond
From libertarian Michael A. LaFerrara:
But America’s veterans are not the whole story. So, I’d like to use this Veterans Day post to acknowledge the unsung hero of America’s military prowess, the productive American citizen. No military as strong and as competent as America’s can exist in a vacuum. It requires something else – something indispensable – a great economy.
America’s economy, historically the most productive the world has ever seen, is the foundation that supports our military personnel.
… that’s called Labor Day.
Maybe. Mr. LaFerrara usually equates “productive” with “wealthy.”
He does not value those who work in the factories as much as he celebrates as heroes those who occupy the executive suites or who own large volumes of stock.
Ah yes. Many a’war have been fought and won from an Executive Suite. Many a’revolutions and freedoms have been secured from the Stock Exchange.
Who could forget the Allied Victory at Midway or the Battle of the Bulge by these giants of industry when they achieved market capitalization by hedging their losses with short term cuts to their dividends? They realized, faster than America’s enemies did, through market analysis that their yields would experience an uptick when the moving average was adjusted following the capitulation of the Axis Powers in Europe and Asia.
The blue chip is mightier than the sword.
But, yeah, Happy Veterans Day. But also let’s not forget about the John Galts of the world you little toy soldiers.
Strange that he neglects to mention the draft and the War Production Board, which involved people and businesses being forced against their will to serve the war effort…
Is it strange, though? His whole M.O. is to decide on a one true conclusion and then formulate an argument to fit it. Or as he calls it “Intellectual Cowardice”.