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Margaret Thatcher

Submitted by AshleyLawsonEire on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 08:05
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Are there any differences between Thatcher and Pauls polices ?

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Mrs. Margaret Thatcher came

Submitted by BmoreBrawler on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 11:30.

Mrs. Margaret Thatcher came in roaring to the Prime Ministry of Great Britain in May 1979 with the promise of free markets, denationalization, and an end to deficits and monetary inflation. The denationalization has been virtually nil. Deficits continue very heavy; money and price inflation continue at double-digit levels. The only result of Thatcherism has been to stifle economic growth and to bring about a seemingly permanent recession with very high unemployment. In short, Thatcherism has brought about the worst of all macro-economic worlds. Inflation continues high and rampant, along with very high unemployment levels and chronic stagnation. Moreover, the slight fall in income tax rates was immediately more-than compensated by an even greater increase in the VAT (essentially sales) tax. In this way, slight gains for upper income groups were more than offset by increased burdens on the poor and the middle class. If leftists were asked to describe a right-wing Bogey Man, they couldn’t have done better, and with more disastrous results for the cause of economic freedom.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard57.html

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Don't Slaughter Me

Submitted by AshleyLawsonEire on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 09:30.

Don't slaughter me on this guys, I'm just here to learn.

Yes

Submitted by Fabio on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 08:57.

It`s like Ronald Reagan versus Ron Paul: talk versus action.

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But didn't Thatcher act ! I

Submitted by AshleyLawsonEire on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 09:31.

But didn't Thatcher act ! I mean she sold government funded projects to private investors right ?

You`re right

Submitted by Fabio on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 11:20.

But Ronald Reagan also did some good things.
Don`t misunderstand me: I prefer Mrs Thatcher to most politicians that come to my mind, but she`s no comparison to Ron Paul.
She is said to have been a fan of Hayeks "Road to Serfdom". Compared to what Hayek stood for, her performance was poor.

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What???

Submitted by ArmorOfChrist777 on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 08:26.

That's a messed up question. What SIMILARITIES do you see between Thatcher and Paul' polices ?

Well wasn't she an advocate

Submitted by AshleyLawsonEire on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 09:28.

Well wasn't she an advocate of the free market and civil liberties ? I don't know but she seems pretty Libertarian to me, can somebody clear this up ?