First of all, I am honored and gratified that my
comments on Congresswoman’s Hahn inattention to her current district have attracted
her attention. However, I am also dismayed that Hahn is hen-picking
constituents, who are rightly holding her accountable for not doing enough by
doing too much. To her credit, I support her opposition to the war in Afghanistan,
plus her votes against raising the debt ceiling last summer. Still, her
incessant talk about “creating jobs” is a wearisome and false tag-line.
Government does not create jobs, merely the infrastructure to welcome
investment and facilitate trade.
On a second note, I agree that there is a specter
haunting America, the specter of Ronald Reagan, whose tax cuts and military
might without spending reductions and entitlement reform hastened the debilitating
deficits and damning national debt in our country.
haunting America, the specter of Ronald Reagan, whose tax cuts and military
might without spending reductions and entitlement reform hastened the debilitating
deficits and damning national debt in our country.
Despite my enthusiastic support for constitutional
government and spending reductions, I certainly do not walk around wearing a “What
Would Reagan Do?” bracelet on my wrist. I have long questioned the canonization of
Ronald Reagan as a conservative scion. Revisionist historian Thaddeus Russell argues
persuasively that the infiltration of American popular culture and Soviet
Premier Gorbachev’s forced liberalization brought down the Soviet Union, not Reagan's
horrendous military build-up. Columnist George Will condemned Reagan’s philosophy
as an uneasy mix in which Americans could love and hate Big Government at the
same time.
government and spending reductions, I certainly do not walk around wearing a “What
Would Reagan Do?” bracelet on my wrist. I have long questioned the canonization of
Ronald Reagan as a conservative scion. Revisionist historian Thaddeus Russell argues
persuasively that the infiltration of American popular culture and Soviet
Premier Gorbachev’s forced liberalization brought down the Soviet Union, not Reagan's
horrendous military build-up. Columnist George Will condemned Reagan’s philosophy
as an uneasy mix in which Americans could love and hate Big Government at the
same time.
On a final note, I am appalled that Mr. Allen still
insists that the Occupy Movement is “placing their anger in the right place.”
The arrogant outrage of “Occupy Everywhere” has yielded the self-proclaimed “99%”nothing
while desecrating the public square, harming small businesses, and finally
eliciting a collective yawn from today’s political and media classes, which follow
ideas, not incoherence masquerading as informed social protest.
insists that the Occupy Movement is “placing their anger in the right place.”
The arrogant outrage of “Occupy Everywhere” has yielded the self-proclaimed “99%”nothing
while desecrating the public square, harming small businesses, and finally
eliciting a collective yawn from today’s political and media classes, which follow
ideas, not incoherence masquerading as informed social protest.
Those mindless and mind-numbing protests never
articulated a coherent policy or list of reasonable grievances beyond “Me Poor!
You Rich! Not Fair!” Instead of demonizing capitalism, we need to attack the
cronyism of corporations who infiltrate Washington to extract bailouts at
taxpayers’ expense. More regulations, more oversight, more transfers of wealth –
in other words, more Government intervention as demanded by Occupy Everywhere –
beget more government, less reform, and ultimately more corruption. The Tea
Party Movement sent 70 + freshmen to Congress in 2010 precisely to limit the
spread of Big Government and to stop the private abuse of the public purse. So
far, the Tea Party has accomplished far more than the entitlement mentality of
the Occupy masses.
articulated a coherent policy or list of reasonable grievances beyond “Me Poor!
You Rich! Not Fair!” Instead of demonizing capitalism, we need to attack the
cronyism of corporations who infiltrate Washington to extract bailouts at
taxpayers’ expense. More regulations, more oversight, more transfers of wealth –
in other words, more Government intervention as demanded by Occupy Everywhere –
beget more government, less reform, and ultimately more corruption. The Tea
Party Movement sent 70 + freshmen to Congress in 2010 precisely to limit the
spread of Big Government and to stop the private abuse of the public purse. So
far, the Tea Party has accomplished far more than the entitlement mentality of
the Occupy masses.
Whatever Mr. Allen may think of the Tea Party,
Occupy Wall Street, or Ronald Reagan, the rise of Big Business bullying and
buoying Big Government is the biggest culprit for this country’s woes today,
and the solution is to demand that our representatives, including Congresswomen
Janice Hahn and Laura Richardson, demand an end to this country’s expansive
military presence around the world, provide a detailed plan for meaningful
entitlement reform, and encourage free market initiatives to increase access,
productivity, and quality in health care, job creation, and infrastructure.
Occupy Wall Street, or Ronald Reagan, the rise of Big Business bullying and
buoying Big Government is the biggest culprit for this country’s woes today,
and the solution is to demand that our representatives, including Congresswomen
Janice Hahn and Laura Richardson, demand an end to this country’s expansive
military presence around the world, provide a detailed plan for meaningful
entitlement reform, and encourage free market initiatives to increase access,
productivity, and quality in health care, job creation, and infrastructure.