I was born probably one of the poorest of the poor, worked 2 jobs to fully paid for my college (no parent supprt), and have worked and worked for everything I have had…Now, I have a good corporate job, with good pay, and the government wants to tax tax tax.

IF I am perceived as being a dick, that is fine. It is not my job to take care of other people, especially people who decided to get knocked up….JM

There is little valuing of education at any level by most American conservatives who would rather see “intelligent design” taught in place of evolutionary theory, disparage teachers and professors as liberals, and follow fourth rate “intellects” like Palin, Hannity, Limbaugh, and so on. Rather striking isn’t it? George Will who has a PhD in philosophy from Princeton goes virtually unread and ignored by the right as they prefer the empty headed Hannity and Limbaugh to one of the now shrinking number of conservative intellectuals. And I suppose that the dumbing down of American conservatism is also the fault of “liberals”?

Education indeed. An “education” president who believed in creationism, couldn’t string a sentence together, a former GOP speaker in DeLay who said evolutionary theory was false, and Palin, the dumbest and most ignorant of them all making up claims out of thin air which are then believed by conservatives who can’t think, read, or reason for themselves. Yes, tell me how liberals have dumbed down America with circus barkers on talk radio, screaming heads on Fox, and semi-literate GOP officials. Tell me some more BS, it makes for a good laugh as nearly everything else coming out of the shrill right these days.

Remember, Marx and Engles used the terms socialism and communism interchangeably. The USSR and the former Eastern Bloc are proof of the logical ends of such economic policies: Utter bankruptcy and decay. The European socialists are only into their “experiment” with socialist principles some 40 years–not quite enough time to reveal the bad cracks, though the near-bankruptcy of France has been an issue for the last 20 years.

Chinese socialism has been somewhat successful because of the high rate of population reproduction per unit of geographic area of that country. As the country switched from an agrarian base to one of pirated Western technology sold cheaply, the economic fortunes turned from near-disaster after the reign of Chairman Mao to being a large buyer of US debt in 2009. Unfortunately, they have big, unreported problems and are beginning to shift their money to other countries out of the fear of systemic risk in the US.

The bottom line is that the US is on a clear path toward socialism, begun ironically by some someone claiming to be a conservative Republican. Now that a leftist Democrat is in charge, the engine will pick up steam. Geithner has already indicated a desire for one North American currency–the Amero. Perhaps that will lead long-term to the Chinese wish of one world currency and the loss of national sovereignty that entails.

Stop so-called healthcare reform now. Send Barrie O. the message that earners don’t need to support the stupid and indolent. The latter need to support themselves or die. Period.

August 16th, 2009
11:42 am

Thanks for your insight. What do you think of Dr. Weil’s approach? Do you think we rely too much on prescription drugs?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-weil-md/why-i-am-a-conservative-o_b_259869.html

My grandson just started his second year of med school.

August 15th, 2009
2:49 pm

I would think some limited tort reform will be in the final bill, if there is one. Probably a cap of $500k on non-economic damages and some kind of limit on punitive damages.

http://www.saynotocaps.org/factsandfigures/justthefacts.htm

If you’re in the 35% bracket, your total income tax liability is reduced by 35% of what you donate to charity. Where did yo get that 2% figure?

http://www.mustministries.org/documents/Annual_Report%202008%20v2.pdf