if the fatal principle should come to be introduced, that, under pretense of organization, regulation, protection, or encouragement, the law may take… - Frédéric Bastiat
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if the fatal principle should come to be introduced, that, under pretense of organization, regulation, protection, or encouragement, the law may take from one party in order to give to another, help itself to the wealth acquired by all the classes that it may increase that of one class, whether that of the agriculturists, the manufacturers, the ship owners, or artists and comedians; then certainly, in this case, there is no class which may not try, and with reason, to place its hand upon the law, that would not demand with fury its right of election and eligibility, and that would overturn society rather than not obtain it. Even beggars and vagabonds will prove to you that they have an incontestable title to it.
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Frédéric Bastiat
Frédéric Bastiat (30 June 1801 – 24 December 1850) was an early free-market economist and classical liberal French author.
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Claude Frédéric Bastiat
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Frederic Bastiat
When it is a question of taxes, gentlemen, prove their usefulness by reasons with some foundation, but not with that lamentable assertion: “Public spending keeps the working class alive.” It makes the mistake of covering up a fact that it is essential to know: namely, that public spending is always a substitute for private spending, and that consequently it may well support one worker in place of another but adds nothing to the lot of the working class taken as a whole.
Para empezar, la palabra universal oculta un sofisma grosero. Hay en Francia treinta seis millones de habitantes. Para que el derecho de sufragio fuera universal, tendría que serle reconocido a treinta y seis millones de electores. En el sistema más amplio, no se le reconoce sino a nueve millones. Luego, quedan excluidas tres de cada cuatro personas, y lo que es más importante, quien excluye a los otros es la cuarta persona. ¿Sobre qué principio se funda tal exclusión?
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Está en la naturaleza de los hombres el reaccionar contra la iniquidad de la que son víctimas. De modo que cuando la Expoliación está organizada por la Ley, en beneficio de las clases que la dictan, todas las clases expoliadas tienden, por vías pacíficas o por vías revolucionarias, a intervenir por algún medio en la confección de las Leyes. Tales clases, según el grado de ilustración a que hayan llegado, pueden proponerse dos objetivos bien diferentes cuando persiguen así la conquista de sus derechos políticos: o quieren hacer cesar la expoliación legal, o aspiran a tomar parte en ella.
