Our Tragedy of the Commons


	Our Tragedy of the Commons

Jacob173

9-7-2009 10:41 AM

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Essay on why private ownership works while common ownership does not and how Kennedy exploited the public sector for his own glory.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e004959d-76b7-4dbb-9005-a1b11cd24e36/4C7C290B-1951-4428-9D16-CD412798FE7E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2009/09/07/our_tragedy_of_the_commons?page=full&comments=true" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2009/09/07/our_tragedy_of_the_commons?page=full&comments=true" style="font-size: 11px;">townhall.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2009/09/07/our_tragedy_of_the_commons?page=full&comments=true"><SPAN class="title_headline" id="ctl00_cphMain_ColumnHeader1_lblTitle">Our Tragedy of the Commons</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2009/09/07/our_tragedy_of_the_commons?page=full&comments=true"><P>Kennedy was a man born into wealth who spent a life in politics growing government. What was the personal consequence to him of what he did in politics? By personal consequence, I mean on his bank account, his survival. None.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2009/09/07/our_tragedy_of_the_commons?page=full&comments=true"><P>He could convince poor people that he was working for their interest by fighting against school choice while everyone in his family attends private schools.
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