Do you realize that the greatest ever economic development policy in the history of the United States is also the most socialist in the history of the United States? Lincoln's Homestead Act.
Anyone wish to comment on this point ? Any of you libertarians out there ? Or will it be one of those little pearls of insight that is forever condemned to shine alone within its own private, yet perspicacious shell ?

I'm sure Whitney Houston thoght that first hit of crack was the best thing that ever happened to her, but where is she now? Sure, government intervention in the market feels great in the beginning, but not so much when society becomes addicted to it.