Saturday, August 13, 2011

Steyn on the riots and the debt downgrade

It's all in his just released book, "After America":

... Anyone who's read it will fully understand what's happening on the streets of London. The downgrade and the riots are part of the same story: Big Government debauches not only a nation's finances but its human capital, too....

... Anyone who has so much as glanced at British policing policy over the past two decades would be hard pressed to argue which party on the streets of London, the thugs or the cops, is more irredeemably stupid....
... As I write in my book: "Want has been all but abolished. Today, fewer and fewer Britons want to work, want to marry, want to raise children, want to lead a life of any purpose or dignity."
... "The evil of such a system is not the waste of money but the waste of people."
Update: Radio interview with Mark.

3 comments:

Sean M said...

Thanks for this posting JR. A usual Steyn nails it. More reason for the left to hate him and ban him, as is their want. Fear of offending horses perhaps. Ugh! Unfortunately, it's only going to get worse. Can't wait to read Steyn's book.

JR said...

Thanks for dropping by, Sean. Ditto on Steyn's book. My copy from Amazon can't arrive too soon. And FYLP, here's a good radio interview with Mark on the subject.

Marginalized Action Dinosaur said...

What always drives me mad is when people say they would never want to bring up children in times like these and then vote specifically to make them times like these.