Alec Hogg
Monday was the 50th anniversary of “The Speech” – a televised address which launched the political career of the US’s 40th President, Ronald Reagan. Its most often quoted section reads: “You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well, I’d like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There’s only an up or down – up to man’s old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order; or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism.”
While pondering this, I got to thinking about how all of South African could do with a hefty dose of Reagan’s common sense. And then wondered what changes Jacob Zuma would have to make to get business to hear his plea that they bail out the economy. How he could reverse the destructive process and end the capital strike.
I came up with quite a long list. Too long to republish in this purposefully succinct daily newsletter. It is in a piece that I wrote for the site yesterday – please go have a read by clicking here. And while you’re at it, on the same page is an embedded video of “The Speech”. Have a watch. Reagan at his inspirational best.
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