Is there anyone else besides me out there that is sick to death of hearing all these targeted, wealth transfers to the public sector called 'investments'? It used to be there was a somewhat clear separation in the minds of the citizenry between the private sector, the world of risk, consequences, pain and failure, aka 'the real world', and that safe, inefficient, riskless, namby- pamby, early retirement, do-gooder world of the life-long government job, aka 'the public sector'. Alas, there used to be a time when the vast majority of Americans trusted their own basic life experience at the post office, the planning commission office and the DMV and possessed some certainty that this riskless world where no one gets fired for nothing short of the public sexual harrassment of juveniles, couldn't by its intrinsic nature ever operate as efficiently as the true engine of wealth and prosperity, the private sector. But no. Now we American's stand numbly by as, what was perceived by most as a conservative Bush administration, 'invested' hundreds of billions into public education, farm subsidies, expanding medicaid, an entirely new national security department, etc. only soon to be outdone by the new, more enlightened Obama administration's massive increases in funding into ever greater public 'investments' in health care, head start education, green energy and stem cell research . It's time we did away with this egregious misnomer, 'public investments'. From this moment hence I dub all the myriad of unaccountable public sector 'investments'... hippropriations; the cross between a gargantuan, green-eating water-hog and a third party, fiscal misallocation . It's not an 'investment' unless someone loses their job or their personal money if it doesn't work ... END OF STORY!
'Hope' is that magical, mythical, missing ingredient redefined and revered by Democrats that, if we all hold hands, can turn pork into gold .....
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Mark,
ReplyDeleteIt's not just more pork. It's has two more serious aspects: 1) we are all headed for more big government control of banks, business, individual freedom (stay tuned for the coming regulations). We will become France, maybe Sweden or the Netherlands. Once we make the jump to socialism, there's no way to return. 2) The effects from the huge quantity of freshly printed money supply for 'stimulus' will kick-in when we eventually turn the corner on the recession. Do you remember the inflation from the Jimmy Carter years? What we are headed for will make that look mild.
I look around at our leaders and just shake my head. It seems NO ONE is standing up and opposing any of this. As an individual, we have no clout. If we had some true conservative leadership to rally the MANY individuals into a unified force, perhaps there would be hope. The longer the present, unopposed, course is pursued the further down the road we go. The "crisis" and "emergency" emotion provides a cloak for drastic changes. At some point the US becomes Portland/Salem/Eugene and the rules change so we can't get the bums out (because - guess who sets the rules and their interpretation). This is not a Democrat / Republican issue. Remember who the Republican candidate for president was?? It is truely a time for change. I only hope it isn't too late.
Tom in Portland
Mark,
ReplyDeleteIt's not just more pork. It's has two more serious aspects: 1) we are all headed for more big government control of banks, business, individual freedom (stay tuned for the coming regulations). We will become France, maybe Sweden or the Netherlands. Once we make the jump to socialism, there's no way to return. 2) The effects from the huge quantity of freshly printed money supply for 'stimulus' will kick-in when we eventually turn the corner on the recession. Do you remember the inflation from the Jimmy Carter years? What we are headed for will make that look mild.
I look around at our leaders and just shake my head. It seems NO ONE is standing up and opposing any of this. As an individual, we have no clout. If we had some true conservative leadership to rally the MANY individuals into a unified force, perhaps there would be hope. The longer the present, unopposed, course is pursued the further down the road we go. The "crisis" and "emergency" emotion provides a cloak for drastic changes. At some point the US becomes Portland/Salem/Eugene and the rules change so we can't get the bums out (because - guess who sets the rules and their interpretation). This is not a Democrat / Republican issue. Remember who the Republican candidate for president was?? It is truely a time for change. I only hope it isn't too late.
Tom in Portland