Live Free or
Die
The View from the Middle
Who would have thought that New
Hampshire and Bernie Sanders would have the same motto – “Live Free or Die”? Of course, the New Hampshire founders were mimicking
Patrick Henry and his famous line, “Give me liberty or give me death”, while
Bernie was channeling Karl Marx.
Marx promised his “free stuff” with
lines like, “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his
needs.” Let me translate that into
modern language. “Trust me, and I’ll take care of you.” How did that work out for the Russian
people? So what if a few million people
had to be slaughtered to get the rest of the country to buckle under.
This brings me to last night’s
Democratic debate. I’ll give you the
Reader’s Digest version. It was a battle
to see who wanted to give the government more power and control over our lives. Healthcare is a given. Both Bernie and Hillary want a single payer
system. They only differ on how to get
there. Neither moderator had a follow up
question like, “Are you sure this is the right approach given that our
government is such a model of efficiency and integrity?”
At some point in time they both
talked about having the government take over the banking, pharmaceutical and
energy industries. This actually gave me chills as I imagined our government
mucking up those businesses. No question
of waste, fraud or abuse here!
Just for laughs, I thought I would
list a few questions that Chuck and Rachel could have asked between hugs for
the candidates if they really wanted Americans to learn something about Hillary
and Bernie:
-What do you plan to do about our
debt? This administration will have
doubled the nation’s debt in its eight years in office and we are scheduled to
return to trillion dollar annual deficits by 2022. Aren’t we mortgaging our children’s futures
so that politicians can get elected today?
-What if you were given absolutely
solid evidence that privatizing the VA would improve the services to our
military at a lower cost? Would you be
in favor of that? Why or why not?
-Bernie, through your tolerance of
Hillary’s e-mail situation, are you suggesting that all future Secretaries of
State, Senators, etc. should have their own private servers in their homes? Should this be the new normal?
-Hillary, why do you think
companies, lobbyists and billionaires donate so much money to political
campaigns? Don’t you think they will
expect these donations to buy them access and influence? Really!
There are many more good questions
that could have been asked, but weren’t.
After all, Chuck and Rachel had to leave time to hug it out at the
end. So, they asked questions like, “Hillary,
are you 100% sure that nothing will come of the investigation of your server?” What kind of question is that? He gave her the answer in his question and
teed her up for a monologue about what a victim she is. Oh well, gotta have time for those hugs.
I needed a humorous perspective on that "debate".
ReplyDeleteIf the United States Postal System is any evidence of how the government will run any industry we're in trouble.
ReplyDeletePaige - Totally agree. Also how about the IRS, EPA or the DMV. Make up any three letters and you'll probably hit a failing government organization.
DeleteBernie math doesn't add up.Hillary is teflon(with all due respect to all the pots and pans out there.To hear some of our young adults commenting on The Bern,it is embarrassing.Lemmings.....Great work Kevin.Keep it coming!John Flowers(not Karly).
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