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The proponents of this last myth believe that the government, not the labor market, should set wage levels -- that the government, not employers, should be responsible for bestowing wage increases to workers. They believe that the free market in labor should give way to government control (and that working people should look to elected officials as their benefactors).

This is not what America is all about. America is about liberty, not government control. If we want to live in a free society, we should be very careful about the demands we make on government to compel our fellow citizens to do certain things.

The essence of good leadership is to shun popular policies that are harmful and to support sound policies even when they are not popular. Senator Kerry is showing that his leadership on economic issues is every bit as shaky as his leadership on foreign policy.

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