Pelosi Uses the ‘L’ Word

09/25/2008 Mises Wire Laurence M. Vance

And no, it’s not “impeach,” since that is “off the table.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, while acknowledging that Democrats and Republicans differ about the final form of the bailout legislation, said that Congress will act quickly because “everyone knows that we must intervene.” When will these politicians learn that government intervention is always the problem and never the solution? The uncompromising ideas of Ludwig von Mises are needed now more than ever.

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