Comments on: He told us, but nobody listened http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/04/13/he-told-us-but-nobody-listened/ Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: IBXer http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/04/13/he-told-us-but-nobody-listened/#comment-33952 IBXer Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:53:24 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=4865#comment-33952 Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon. -Winston Churchill Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
-Winston Churchill

]]> By: Jack http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/04/13/he-told-us-but-nobody-listened/#comment-33927 Jack Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:56:09 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=4865#comment-33927 Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton fought for their respective views of what the U.S. economy should be. Should we have an agrarian based economy with a decentralized government or a commerce based economy with a strong centralized government? Well, Hamilton won that war. Hamilton got the big centralized government supporting business while a decentralized government idea was set aside. Jefferson saw the future much differently then did the Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton. Who is right is yet to be known. The experiment continues. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton fought for their respective views of what the U.S. economy should be. Should we have an agrarian based economy with a decentralized government or a commerce based economy with a strong centralized government?

Well, Hamilton won that war. Hamilton got the big centralized government supporting business while a decentralized government idea was set aside. Jefferson saw the future much differently then did the Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton. Who is right is yet to be known. The experiment continues.

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