I have no framework of an idea on this post. Just two things I felt like posting nonetheless that I hope makes people think. Firstly, a quote from Rush Limbaugh, like him or hate him...
"I have a question for you Obama voters: Is this what you voted for? The Dow closed at 9625 on Election Day, the Day of Hope. Since then it's down a third, $3 trillion in wealth. A record 31.8 million Americans are on food stamps, up 700,000 in one month. Unemployment jumped to 8.1% in February. Is this what you voted for?"
Secondly, a question that lays at the very foundation of the debate between liberalism and conservatism...
Even in the name of "social justice," charity, love, or whatever you wanna call it - can we really, if we are honest with ourselves, claim that government reallocation of wealth to the poor is a moral act?
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Leaving comments on other people's blogs is my way of encouraging them to write more, so here goes.
Doesn't it seem a little too early to blame Obama for anything going on in the economy or elsewhere in the world? I mean, he's barely gotten into any big boy law making yet and the legislation he's passed couldn't have had much effect already, could it? That doesn't mean that what he's trying to do now is going to work in the end. His ideas may fail miserably and then it'll totally be his fault. But February's problems certainly aren't to be pinned on him. About the only thing that could be a result of Obama is "consumer confidence", "investor confidence", and such things that Obama himself certainly can't control. It seems like blaming the new teacher you just hired when the students fail a comprehensive test.
Your second point is a good thinker though. I'm not sure what I think about it. Total government control of property and wealth obviously doesn't work (see my current employer for more info) and probably isn't really right. I think it's a lot like the way people frame surveys these days. Ask the question one way and you'll get one answer. Ask a different way and everybody will disagree with themselves. I mean, is it ever ethical to let some people be hungry and counting pennies while their neighbors are rolling in dough? Maybe, maybe not?
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