Richard Ebeling, one of our speakers in November, 2008, has published a comment on the proposed bailout of the Detroit automobile industry. It appeared in the Detroit News.
An excerpt: "However the auto bailout is paid for -- through higher taxes, increased borrowing, or by cranking up the Bureau of Engraving's printing presses -- it amounts to little more than "spreading the wealth" from the rest of us to those who know how to buy political friends wisely."
Read the rest here.
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Nov 21, 2008
Ebeling on the Auto Bailout
Nov 11, 2008
Ebeling to Speak Wednesday, Nov. 12
Richard Ebeling, the Shelby C. Davis Visiting Professor in Economics at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and formerly the president of the Foundation for Economic Education, will be the speaker at the next meeting of the Columbia Economics Club.
His topic will be "The Bailout Boondoggle: Blaming Capitalism for Government Blunders."
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008
Time: Noon
Location: The Palmetto Club (McMeekin Room)
Member RSVP: Kathryn Robinson
Guests are $25
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