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A reminder of the economic philosophy of our governing majority (and open thread)

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  January 9th, 2009 at 05:31 PM  | 

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[W]e’ve been guided by a Republican administration who believes in the simplistic notion that people who have wealth are entitled to keep it, and they have an antipathy towards the means of redistributing wealth.

-Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA)

Couple that with Barack Obama’s statement yesterday that “Only government can break the vicious cycles that are crippling our economy,” and you get a pretty clear picture of what we’re dealing with here — a mindset and philosophy which, if you agree that personal freedoms like the right to keep your own property and the right to the fruits of your own toils and labors are a moral good, can only be called morally repugnant.

h/t CfG

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  • Mike gamecock DeVine

    http://www.redstate.com/gamecock/2009/01/09/before-you-see-it-on-your-paystub-it-belongs-to-obama/

  • NightTwister

    that Obama is referring to them when he refers to people who have wealth.

    I’m quite sure they were thinking all these handouts were going to be paid for by someone else.

    • izoneguy

      Gotcha Sucka

      • Vegas_Rick

        The master con man.

    • freeman8888

      I bet you thought reich-wing was uber clever. It wasn’t.

      buh bye now. – absentee

      • gekster

        Under Mr bush, although he has spent like a Democrat, under him there was the largest amount taken in by the IRS in its HISTORY on April 15th, 2008..
        And unemployment, besides the Peoples Republic of Michigan, the national average has been around 5%. And if you didn’t count in Michigans rate of a constant 7%, it would have been lower.
        And since Uncle Ronnie brought down the Soviet Union, remember them Mr Bush has liberated more people since Jesus.
        And if you actualy listen to any of the Massiah’s speeches, yopu can come away with everything, or nothing, because he says both.
        Will you tell me and everyone here, how Bush ruined the economy.
        The Wall Street bailout was Congresses.
        And I don’t see any one hear “whining” about Obama, just stating facts..

        • gekster

          two things with one of your statements:
          “I know he is a honest public servant”
          for one:
          its “an honest” as opposed to “a honest”.
          for two:
          Whas he been honest?

          • gekster

            “when has” can now be “whas”

      • George Claghorn

        We’ve got a live one right here.

      • Jack_Savage

        Check back with us when you figure out that Obama isn’t going to pay your mortgage or fill your car with gas.

      • http://www.fredmaidment.com Fred Maidment

        Republicans can certainly share some blame in the current economic situation with their over-spending, government growing mentality the past 8 years. The Bush Administration and Republican Congress picked winners and losers from 2001 to 2007.

        The interesting thing to note is that, while Bush and Republicans were in charge, we saw economic growth. Our economy grew from $9.8 trillion in 2000 (just before Bush took over) to $13.8 trillion in 2007 (growth of 40%).

        Accounting for inflation, the economy grew equally from 2001 to 2007 as it did from 1995 to 2000.

        Obama’s states policy goals are not stimulus. They are simply more unfunded government spending for the purpose of buying votes and creating more government dependents.

        “…we no longer can call ourselves a superpower. ”

        I challenge you to find a nation that defeat us in open battle. Only the lack of political will to fight could really stop us.

        “bush negelcted our nation?s infratructure, schools, he allowed city to drown and remain broken,”

        Our infrastructure has been ignored for decades. Our schools have been failing for decades. New Orleans and Louisiana knew that a powerful hurricane flooding the city was a matter of when, not if, again for decades. Why are all these issues sudden “Dubya’s” fault when they were known issues long before he could even vote?

        “…bush is also responsible for more unemployment since 1929. ”

        Only in terms of absolute values, not real percentages; and only if you believe that the Democratic Congress has absolutely nothing to do with our current economic situation, a position I argue is laughable at best.

        You keep saying that Bush’s policies failed. I’d like you to be just a bit more specific.

      • Vegas_Rick
      • bs

        I’m so inspired! I think I’ll go donate to His Majesty-Elect’s perpetual campaign right now. You’ve convinced me! How could I have been wrong all along? What a FOOL I’ve been! Why – I’ll never have to work again! Free housing…free insurance…no mortgage. The One is teh awesome!

        Launch the unicorns!

        • gekster

          nt

  • http://www.fredmaidment.com Fred Maidment

    …Rep. Moran would like it if I took money out of his pocket to pay off my student loans and credit card debt?

    If I take money from him to pay my debts or purchase something, or even if I give his money to someone else so they can pay for something, that is stealing.

    Why is it not stealing when he’s taking the money out of my paycheck to spend on those brilliant government spending programs, or transferring my income to someone who didn’t work for it?

    No one has ever been able to explain that one to me in a rational and satisfactory manner.

    • NightTwister

      Elected government representatives are part of the more equal than others class.

      • http://www.fredmaidment.com Fred Maidment

        At least, not yet it isn’t. And if Mr. Moran really believes he’s “More Equal than Others,” I challenge him to admit it openly to his constituents…

        Yeah, like that will ever happen.

        • NightTwister
  • Alberta

    Morans thoughts are poison for the body politic, and one cannot and should not sit pretty while one is poisoned.

  • Whitehorse

    To make the Dems/left look like goons. Orwell’s estate should ask for royalties from the Dems for using Animal Farm as a blueprint…

    We will have ample fodder from these guys, we need to make the most of it. I predict there will be copious attempts at sleight of hand to make it look like the working folks aren’t being gouged, however we must make sure these are called out for what they are when these are tried.

  • George Claghorn

    And so far I love it.

    Maybe I’ll post a review when I finish it.

    • Mike gamecock DeVine

      She meticulously documents all her claims with footnotes and is the best chronicler of the left’s excesses.

      • George Claghorn

        Coulter responds to Media Matters

        And, just out of curiosity, which is your favorite AC book?

        • Mike gamecock DeVine

          the overall rot that is the dem party. How they stand for nothing but power and have to live by a code of lies about us. It was one of the books that I read in 2000 that helped lead to my epiphany because it was so true to my experience within the dem party.

          It also shows that it is not just the “far left” that is the problem. It is the whole of the dem party.

          • GordonTaylor

            Amen

          • George Claghorn

            I liked “If Democrats Had Any Brains…”, but it was just a “best of…” book. Actually, another “best of…” book. “How to talk to Liberal” was her official best-of.

            “High Crimes” was good, too, but it lacks the extreme point-by-point documentation and lie destroying that “Slander” had. High Crimes was more of a legal insight book.

        • Mike gamecock DeVine
    • peg_c

      Been working since then, want to start it this weekend. Honestly, but for the NBC brouhaha I wouldn’t have bought it, though we own most of Ann’s books. I can’t help supporting anyone and anything the Drive-Bys hate that much. :-D

      • George Claghorn

        I only read the first chapter. But I love the book so far. That’s how good it is.

      • George Claghorn

        for bringing a Rush quote into an Ann Coulter conversation. :) I bow to your superior conservatism.

  • gekster

    From 2005, someone sent me, but it applies, as wisdom allways does.
    And so for your amusement;

    Recent hurricanes and gasoline prices are proof of the
    existence of a new chemical element. Research has led to the
    discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The
    new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25
    assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant
    deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

    These 312 particles are held together by forces called
    morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of
    lepton-like particles called peons. Since Governmentium can
    cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second
    to take from four days to four years to complete,
    Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2-6 years. It does
    not decay, but instead undergoes reorganization in which a
    portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons
    exchange places. In fact, Governmentium?s mass will
    actually increase over time, since each reorganization will
    cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. This
    characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to
    believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a
    critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is
    referred to as critical morass.
    When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes
    Administratium (Ad), an element that radiates just as much
    energy as Governmentium, since it has half as many peons,
    but twice as many morons.

    • itrytobenice

      Consider it stolen and emailed.

  • David123

    Some of the recommended diaries have been there since Moby Dick was a minnow.

    • George Claghorn

      But he has more pressing issues with the new software to deal with first.