The Economics of Thanksgiving

> Gary North's REALITY CHECK
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> Issue 296 November 26, 2003
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> THE ECONOMICS OF THANKSGIVING
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> O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for
> his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto
> the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
> O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy
> endureth for ever (Psalm 136:1-3)
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> This phrase appears in many of the psalms, but when
> you find the same phrase three times in a row, you can
> safely conclude that the writer was trying to make a point,
> and he thought the point was important. I know of no
> passage in the Bible where any other phrase appears three
> times in succession.
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> CONCLUSION
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> So, give thanks to God tomorrow, even if your only god
> is the free market. You did not obtain all that you
> possess all by yourself. The might of your hands did not
> secure it for you. A little humility is in order on this
> one day of the year. Yes, even if you earned a Ph.D. in
> economics at the University of Chicago. Most people know
> this, of course. They never earned a Ph.D. But it never
> hurts to remind ourselves, which is why we have Thanksgiving.
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On the Other Hand

"Many Americans make Thanksgiving into a religious festival. They agree with Lincoln, who, upon declaring Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, said that "we have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven." They ascribe our material abundance to God's efforts, not man's.
" That view is a slap in the face of any person who has worked an honest day in his life."