I think the reactions to the debt ceiling negotiations provided an excellent example of the differences in American major political ideology. Republicans kept pushing for cutting the nation’s debt, capping further government spending and above all, requiring a balanced budget. Beyond that, they wanted to curtail governmental interference in the business community, clearing the way for folks to get back to work. And in that way, through increased production, the budget deficit would routinely reduce as a result of economic success.
Democrats, conversely, were up in arms because they feared the government would no longer be able to afford to dole out money hand over fist to anyone claiming they needed it, and that social programs would lack future funding and expansion. Their mindset focused on further taxing the “rich,” so that more of producer’s income could be redistributed among those dependent on other folk's funds. What they never addressed, however, was the eventual demise of the whole system once they’d bled the golden goose to death.
So then, I guess we have to wonder why in the year 2011, after more than 200 years of economic success, there are still citizens who haven’t a clue as to how and why capitalism works. Yet, it’s the very system that affords them the welfare they depend on for sustenance, while they simultaneously loudly claim to despise and resent those who support them financially.
Their attitude reminds me of the dialogue in A Few Good Men, when Jack Nicholson, as Colonel Nathan Jessup, on the witness stand tells Tom Cruise, who’s playing Attorney Daniel Kaffee, that he resents being questioned about the methods he uses to insure freedom for the U.S. because he’s been charged with the responsibility of protecting the nation and has a much deeper understanding of what’s required than any D.C. lawyer in a “girly white uniform.”
I see a very strong similarity here to the Republican’s view of the nation’s economy. Because they understand what’s needed to succeed in the marketplace while a huge percentage of leftists neither produce nor earn a farthing, but instead walk with their hand out ready to take whatever’s not nailed down by producers. So, in that regard I agree with the gist of Colonel Jessup’s position: Leftists should either get jobs and produce for themselves, or keep on collecting welfare. Either way I don’t give a damn what they do either, so long as they leave me alone, get out of my way, and stop calling me names while they’re stealing my money.
That's it for today folks.
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