Saturday, October 4, 2008

Blame it on Roosevelt

I am going to go all the way back to the beginning of massive government intervention in the economy---the New Deal. All of the federal government's social engineering policies are rooted in FDR's policies. The overarching policy to put everyone, regardless of income, in their own home is rooted in the democrat party's idea that everyone deserves every possible benefit without paying the cost. Republicans deserve blame for going along with this and not trying to repeal these policies. But, of course, all the democrats have to do when any Republican tries this is to shout: "Republicans hate poor people!". And then any reform is dropped.

It is always good to remember the proverb: "Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime." FDR, the New Deal, the Great Society and all democrat party policy is just giving a man a fish...until we don't fish left and we have a problem.

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