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The Politics of Envy

Neal from PA Wrote: May 05, 2012 1:09 PM

“One thing to remember about the president: he desperately wants to be re-elected.” He and specifically his backers will do whatever it takes to see it happen. And there are those that want to see him re-elected; socialists, Marxists, Communists, and those that are now solely dependent upon government for their current situation and are afraid of any change. Those afraid should be made to understand that conservatives want to give them that “helping hand” out of their current situation, up to something better than they now have. But that requires hard work and assuming more responsibility for one-self; which many refuse to accept.

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The Politics of Envy

Why are so many liberals obsessing about inequality? Why does the president keep talking about rich people as part of his re-election campaign?

Two things to remember about the pundits: (1) the chattering class has to chatter about something and (2) the worst thing for a professional chatterer is to be ignored. One thing to remember about the president: he desperately wants to be re-elected.

Here’s the overall problem: The political left has no solutions to our most pressing problems. Whether the issue is economic growth or runaway entitlement spending or non-performing public schools, left-of-center solutions...

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