Re: [RC] Investors Business Daily

[David R. Block]

Title: ORourke54.htm

I don't mind so much the short-sightedness, BUT I do mind that they try something and if it doesn't work, they don't try something else, they DOUBLE DOWN on what they see isn't working. I believe that is called "Doubling down on teh STUPID." David "There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive" because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. Well, who isn't? And a voter who takes pride in supporting such programs is telling us that he'll do good with his own money -- if a gun is held to his head."--P. J. O'Rourke On 6/5/2011 11:04 AM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote: I think the core problem is that politicians can't innovate: they can merely adopt policies developed by someone else. The real tragedy is the utter lack of a new economic that actually makes sense. Until that is developed, it is unfair to blame the politicians for being short-sighted. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 4, 2011, at 10:37, bil...@aol.com wrote: Why did the Democrats go along with BHO's priorities ? For the same reason Republicans went along with he policies of GWB. Extreme simple-mindedness. The GOP is wed to obsolete laissez faire ideas, the Dems to Keynes, and what we need, a new kind of economics, never is developed. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org