Sunday, February 12, 2006

Sometimes the Left can be Right

I just had dinner with a Doctor friend of mine. You could describe his political leanings as "Die hard Free-Market-Capitalist-Hippie-Liberal." He completely believes in the power of capitalism to support his liberal causes. For example: He wants to get rid of big tobacco so he invests all of his money into Philip/Morris stock and uses the profits for anti-tobacco education. The catch is, he doesn't want big tobacco to become illegal, that would go against capitalism. But he does believe if you spend private money in education you will go a longer way in solving social issues rather than enacting some government law.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

He should just invest all his money into a cure for cancer. I think he will get there quicker