Smackdown, Vegas Style
During one of Rush’s monologues yesterday, Rush highlighted a spirited exchange between Gov. Jennnifer Granholm, (D-Mich.), and Steve Wynn, the owner of Wynn Resorts of Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas. It started with Chris Wallace asking Wynn “Do you see any turnaround yet?” Here’s Wynn’s response:
WYNN: No, in the sense that I think that the priorities of the administration should have been more directly focused on job creation. From the day of the inauguration forward, the priority should have been job creation. And the most powerful weapon and the tool that the government has for that is its tax policy. If the government had used its power to restrain its tax collection they would have given everybody who runs small businesses, large businesses, a chance to hire more people and that could have been done an entirely different way. With eight or $900 billion we could have created four or five million jobs, which would have made a big difference.
This method has worked time after time after time. Still, Jennifer Granholm responded with typical liberal criticism:
GRANHOLM: It’s just so simplistic to say that! With all due respect, I mean, to say that government has never created a job or increased the standard of living. You know, I mean there…there are a lot of people who are grateful that in this country we have a minimum wage. There are a lot of people who are grateful that they have access to Medicare and Medicaid. And I hope that we get access further to additional health care for those who are un…right now uninsured. I mean, there is a balance here. To say that government is all evil…This is a democracy. It’s the greatest country in the world.
Talk about hearing what wasn’t said!!! That’s scary. What’s scarier is that Wynn nails it perfectly with this answer to Chris Wallace’s question:
WYNN: Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization’s history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody. The only thing that creates an increased standard of living is giving someone a job, the demand for their labor, whether it’s you and I, Chris, or anybody else. The people that are paying the price for this juggernaut of federal spending are the middle class and the working class of America.
As stellar as it was to listen to Wynn’s initial answer, listening to his reply to Gov. Granholm is better:
WYNN: I didn’t say that at all. I’m saying that the source of government revenue, the source of well-being in this country is employment. That allows companies to pay taxes, employees to pay taxes. That’s the source here and it’s gotten out of focus.
GRANHOLM: I… I agree.
WYNN: There’s no –
GRANHOLM: I agree with you.
WYNN: Okay. That’s my point, Governor. I’m not making any other point. And, believe me, ma’am, I’ve got 20,000 employees. I’ve had as many as 150,000 families that I’ve been self-insuring. There’s nothing “simplistic” about my approach to this problem.
Gov. Granholm comes off looking foolish for saying that Steve Wynn’s approach is simplistic. She’s been a total embarrassment as governor. Under her watch, Michigan’s economic performance has been awful. Throughout the Bush administration, it was said that “Michigan was a one state recession.” With unemployment above 15 percent and climbing, Michigan is an economic basket case.
The majority of the problem comes from Granholm’s job-killing tax increases, which have driven businesses from Michigan. How she gets to lecture Steve Wynn, who runs a mega-successful multibillion dollar business, is beyond insane. Considering her penchant for destroying jobs, she doesn’t have credibility on economic issues.
Thankfully, Mr. Wynn didn’t let her get away with her attacks. Thankfully he reminded everyone of this undeniable truth:
Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization’s history.
Government doesn’t produce things of value, therefore it can’t increase a person’s prosperity. It’s time that people like Jennifer Granholm admitted that before they bring further ruin on the United States’ economy. The best thing that Jennifer Granholm can do to help the economy is get out of the way of entrepreneurs like Mr. Wynn.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
October 14th, 2009 at 9:44 am
“Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization’s history.”
quite the opposite of it, it has lower the standard of living for a lot of people that are trying to make a honest living.
October 14th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Too bad Mr. Wynn isnt governor of Michigan.
October 14th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Why would he want to be, USN? After all, the media would drag him, his extended family, and all his friends through hell just to embarrass him.
And that’s if they LIKED him!
He is absolutely correct in the assertion government has never created a single job in history. Governments can create conditions conducive to good economic times and jobs creation. But when the liberal response is “What about all the government jobs?” one has to respond that it is government regulation that created those jobs, and most of those jobs (with the exception of the military, maybe, and intelligence-gathering, maybe) are simply a way to get something of worth for the exchange of what is patently welfare anyway. Especially being an elected official.
October 15th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
I was being sarcastic.
A lost art these days it seems. No one either gets it or knows it when they hear or read someone using it.
October 28th, 2010 at 1:51 am
government jobs are still the best when it comes to job security :`,
November 14th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
it is really great to get government jobs because the government can give you a good job security ;’.