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Obama is a Social Darwinist

David Henderson

President Obama recently called a House Republican budget plan "thinly veiled social Darwinism." This, incidentally, from a man whose own budget plan was voted down last week in the House by a vote of 0-414. (The vote was on a bill, that, according to The Hill, was "based on President Obama's 2013 budget plan.") But Obama is a social Darwinist too. So is everybody. Let me explain.

The interesting and substantive question is not whether one thinks the fit will survive and thrive better than the unfit. They will. The interesting question is what the rules are that determine what is "fit." Obama is a strong supporter of crony capitalism: rigging the rules to help his cronies. So in his system, the fit are people like Tim Geithner, the backers of Solyndra, the United Auto Workers union, and various other beneficiaries of the spoils system.

So the question is whether you want the rules under which these people thrive. Or do you want rules under which people who produce good products and services for others survive and thrive?

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