As I've listened and read about the upcoming elections, I've heard nothing at all from the Republicans that makes me think they have a solid concept of what has happened over the past 40 years. There is nothing from them addressing the cultural decay that led to our financial collapse. No one talks about social mobility being a function of self-denial and sacrifice which itself is a product of our cultural moral values. Instead, it's all gimmicks and accusations.
I've decided that I'm voting to buy time. The Democrats will wreck the nation in short order through insane spending. The Republicans will do the same, only much, much more slowly. The Democrats have no concept whatsoever about what makes people rich and what makes them poor. The Republicans might understand it, but if they do, they're keeping their mouths shut. At least they'll drive us off the cliff slow enough to give us a chance to sort this out.
You're probably right, if only because having the presidency and congress controlled by opposing parties seems to be best for the country overall. People talk about the evils of the government being "gridlocked", but I think this is mostly said by partisans who are upset about not being in a position to ram their pet policies through. And since such policies are generally of the rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul variety (and we are all much more likely to be "Peter" than "Paul" in these deals), I'm inclined to go with gridlock.
ReplyDeleteI find "King Log" to be preferable to "King Stork" most of the time.
Don't count on it.Not that you have a whole lot of choice.
ReplyDelete