New Respect for Dallas Morning News?
Today’s editorial in the Dallas Morning News renews my
respect a bit for the newspaper, which had drifted toward the left in recent
years, with changes of management, and location. Many republican subscribers quit the DMN, but
I retained a digital subscription, and still had the Sunday edition
dropped. I reasoned that if I could
maintain digital subscriptions to such leftist rags as the NYT and WaPo, why
not the local DMN? Of course, I
subscribe and read the Wall Street Journal, National Review, USA Today, NY
Post, etc, to get the real news.
Some excerpts from today’s Dallas Morning News editorial:
Friedman, not Keynes
“Broadly speaking, there are two economic models for how to
address poverty and economic growth. One focuses on limiting taxes and
regulations so as to open up new doors of opportunity, in the belief that doing
so will allow more people to find the opportunities they need to rise. The
other focuses on the expansion and creation of government-funded programs such
as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security that address specific needs for
specific people.
Our view is that the first model — the one predicated on
creating opportunity — should drive the strategy for economic growth. To focus
on creating opportunities is to embrace, at a fundamental level, the tenets of
individual liberty and personal pursuit of happiness. And we believe this
because with finite resources, it’s impossible for the public treasury to cover
every need adequately. Our society’s needs are best met as Americans put their
best talents to use to provide for themselves and their loved ones.”
Are you listening, Ayn Rand?
“Each person can be the author of his or her own success because,
in part, each person has moral agency. Each person has the ability to base
their actions on strong moral footing and on what best fits their vocation in
life, what best meets their needs and the needs of their loved ones. If we
shape economic policy to empower Americans, then we will also be shaping a
culture of opportunity, accountability, and achievement.
Strong economic growth, powered by individuals who know that
they personally drove their own success, reinforces a positive social dynamic.
Such growth feeds personal pride and purpose. That in turn bolsters personal
confidence and creates a level of autonomy and empowerment. And an empowered
people are a people who can forge a society of mutual respect.
In this way, empowering Americans by recognizing their right
to determine their own course in life can strengthen the bonds that civil
society depends on. In our view, this is the way that individual liberty
becomes a principle that unites a large and diverse country. And it all begins
by recognizing that each of us has the right to determine our own success.”
Ray Gruszecki
July 12, 2020
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