The problem is, the Republican philosophy cannot work in the real world. So, it's fun to sit around and talk about how Obama is a socialist and Bush is a traitor to conservatism, but when you see how Rush Limbaugh style Republicanism would give away the country to the top 5% in income and enslave everyone else, it has no legs. At least, not in a democracy, where some people pay attention.
I think a lot of folks, even Obama, are forgetting two factors: we are a service and technology economy and the world is a global economy. I have no problem with spending on infrastructure, but only as a means to make our services and international reach more impressive. We are not a shovel economy. Education and health care are the key ingredients, both of which the GOP hate.
The big failure I see is that the bankers who caused most of this mess, chief of which are Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin and Hank Paulsen, need to do a little time in Attica, or be publicly disgraced. At the very least, they shouldn't keep their jobs and bonuses.
It is great GOP philosophy to say, "let the peasants starve," but they need to be wearing pitchfork resistant armor when they say it. |
