November 22, 2008
Kommissar Obama
Central planning and government spending have such a great record in the world, President-elect Obama is going to implement them here, so that America can reap their benefits:
WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would create 2.5 million jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges and modernizing schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars."These aren't just steps to pull ourselves out of this immediate crisis. These are the long-term investments in our economic future that have been ignored for far too long," Obama said in the weekly Democratic radio address.
People actually voted for this. Blog Sister Dagny always tries to get opponents to explain the virtues of Socialism. I like to ask "what is it that government does so well, that you think they should do energy, cars, and health care?"
Obama Administration Posted by John Kranz at November 22, 2008 12:00 PM
Let's see:
Let roadway infrastructure go to pot while we spend fuel tax revenues on bikepaths and light rail lines ... so now we need new government spending on transportation?
Allow American school children to fall behind those of other industrialized nations in math and science because we teach "whole child" self-esteem through multiculturalism mumbo jumbo instead ... then we must "fix" the problem by installing T1 lines to more inner city schools?
Tax and regulate the living s#!+ out of the most plentiful and economic fuel source in the history of man (and while we're at it, project upon oil such villany as to make it just half as evil as George W. Bush) ... and now, magically, the inefficient and unreliable collection of energy from the elements is the savior of mankind?
Gee, one has to wonder why these particular solutions to long-standing problems "have been ignored for far too long."
Posted by: johngalt at November 23, 2008 12:10 AM*mumbles something about Bastiat and broken windows, then sighs*
Posted by: Perry Eidelbus at November 23, 2008 6:09 PM | What do you think? [2]