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Milton Friedman espoused a capitalist fantasy land where the idea of letting the strong survive was the esscence of what he promoted. His policies, which were taken to heart for several years by our goverment, certainly enriched our country, but economically bankrupted multiple coutries in South America and Africa. The only success story that can be claimed is in Chile, where our goverment assisted in ousting the legimately elected president and installing a dictator who brutally enforced the policies of the Chicago School of Economists by stripping the ecountry of subsidized health care and education and "disappearing" many of his political opponents. By the way, Chile now has a public health care system that covers 75% of the population according to WHO statistics, so they apparantly learned along the way that the economics that Milton Friedman espoused were not exactly very wise, and certainly not humanitarian. Either way, I don't think you would have enjoyed living in Chile during the time that Pinochet decided to follow Mr. Freidmans advice.
Not a very good choice to be quoting at this very difficult economic time for many people.