I don’t understand why the political “Left” has been so critical of the business system. Businessmen, after all, have been the most effective promoters of state socialism in America. Witness today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the power of the federal government to force cattle producers to pay $1 per head of beef for fees to promote cattle disease research and advertising for beef products, a decision hailed by some cattle producers and criticized by others. Justice Scalia characterized the program as one of “government speech,” and thus not subject to First Amendment scrutiny. That the government should enjoy free … Continue reading They Have No Beef With Socialism