The Middle Class. The new [or continued] prize in American politics.
All we hear about these days is that the middle class is getting hammered. Taken advantage of and squeezed.
Only the rich survive; the rest of us are fodder to the wealthiest Americans.
Make it free’er.
Way.
Too many times we see a “problem” or a wrinkle in how markets work or are working and we think:
This is a problem
And we immediately think that the only solution is to implement process that will “prevent this from ever happening again.
And that’s just wrong thinking.
For too long, the very institution on the spear’s tip of delivering liberty to us all has been suffering from the restriction of that very liberty.
This year, the United States of America righted a wrong and rescinded the prohibition of gays serving openly in the military.
And it’s long passed time.
Again with politicians making up language that fits their needs.
I once had an English teacher in high school. We were reading “The Merchant of Venice”. In the story, Shylock loses his estate due to a quirk of law. On one of our tests, the English teachers asks the True or False question:
Shylock lost half of his estate due to his legal dealings with Antonio.
I answered, “False”. After all, he lost the whole of the estate.
She marked it wrong, saying that if he lost ALL of his estate, certainly he lost half of it as well.
Words have meanings.
Posted in Economy, Politics: National, Politics: North Carolina, Senate
Tagged Democrat, Kay Hagan, North Carolina, North Carolina Politics, Taxes
They did it again.
Inn an effort to “do something” about a “problem” people have turned to legislators to “fix” the “problem”.
And, in this case, the problem is…….
Cribs.
Drop-side cribs to be specific.
Done. Kahput. Banned.
Posted in Liberty, Politics: National, States Behaving Badly
Tagged Cribs, Dentist, Regulation
You know when we have one of those little holidays, or heck, even one of the big ones, and the garbage guys don’t come to your house?
And you have to leave the trash out the next day to be picked up?
And then, by next week, they are back on track and pick up your trash on the normal regular day.
That’s cool. But you know what it tells me?
With the advent of the Tea Party we’re seeing the tax debate being held more and more in the public square. I actually hear people talking about the “death tax” and “tax cut vs tax extension” in coffee shops and YMCAs.
I think it’s great.
However, in almost every single conversation, there is one aspect of the debate that I think gets left out; and it drives me crazy.
Posted in Liberty, Politics: National
Tagged Abuse of Power, Leftist, Taxes, Tea Party, Tyranny
It really started a long time ago. While the Democrats controlled the Senate with a bone crushing majority, they knew, they KNEW that they had to have 60 to pass Obamacare.
So, they id what they had to do, scheduled vote after vote and passed the thing in the dead of night on Christmas Eve. The bill wasn’t perfect, but they could send it to the House, tweak it, and get it through later.
But then Scott Brown won. So the only option left open was for the House to pass the Senate Bill as was. And they couldn’t do it.
Only they did.
But they knew then that what they had done was crap.
They knew it then.
Posted in Elections 2010, Health Care, Politics: National, Senate
Tagged Abuse of Power, Barack Obama, Politics
At some things.
Like going to college.
Like getting a bachelors degree.
Like getting a Masters degree.
Like reading and writing.
But not math.