Cow and Boy Classics by Mark Leiknes for July 15, 2014
July 14, 2014
July 16, 2014
Transcript:
"I should take a cue from our forefathers. If I don't like the way things are run, I should declare my own independence." "I could make a new country completely devoid of corporate control. We'd finally have a government that is truly for the people and by the people." "How 'bout it, Cow? You wanna be one of the first citizens of 'The United Provinces of Billytopia'?" "OK, but only if we can name the capital IstanBULL, wait no, COWstantinople."
It’s unjust that nearly everyone lumps together a businessman who lobbies in self-defense against the regulators and legislators with the sleazes who run to government for hand-outs, favors, and a chance to kill off the competition. The first is an honest victim of a corrupt system; the second type is an eager accomplice of the system. For more on the difference, read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”.