Progressive people like to fix what they consider unfair. It might be some disadvantaged soul who needs a hand, or some money-wasting, environment-damaging corporate type who needs to be taken down a notch. Government is their vehicle and Western Europe is their model.
Well, after 80 years of social engineering through regulation, it ain’t working. Instead of improving poverty, health, civility and education, big government has become a wet blanket over the entire economy. Fannie Mae, health care reform, stimulus... good grief. A once great, thriving nation is drifting into oblivion. Obama didn’t start the decline, he just stomped on the accelerator.
Change may get ugly. After all these decades, the Washington bureaucrats, the media, and the unions are deeply entrenched. But better now than later. My generation made the mess, and we ought to step up to fix it.
In addition to dramatically shrinking the government, we need to face up to some facts of life. Accidents happen. Outcomes vary despite equal opportunity. Good intentions aren’t enough. You can’t reason with truly evil people. Redistribution spreads misery, not wealth.
We need leaders like Paul Ryan, Mitch Daniels and Marco Rubio to take charge. Heck, Donald Trump would be more effective than Barack Obama and his czars.
Better weather approaches. It’s time to get out from under the wet blanket.
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