tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post6952708550622410651..comments2023-09-30T09:41:52.224-07:00Comments on The Well Spoken Negro's Salon: So, Can We Stop Talking About Health Insurance Reform Now and Focus on Jobs?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-28117646258709931872011-02-03T08:24:00.733-08:002011-02-03T08:24:00.733-08:00Employed voters wouldn't be likely to elect di...Employed voters wouldn't be likely to elect different leaders. <br /><br />Or, unemployed voters are more likely to consider fringe candidates (the kind who subscribe to the Birther shell game, and other pointless pursuits), and those candidates who would green light special interest's agendas to gain funding to push their own not-so-subtle attack on socially progressive topics.<br /><br />No one is saying, "Anything but jobs!", but plenty have demonstrated that in their actions.<br /><br />I'm just sayin'...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-79970406981730101182011-02-02T20:10:17.716-08:002011-02-02T20:10:17.716-08:00Josh,
Trust me, I understand fully that everythin...Josh,<br /><br />Trust me, I understand fully that everything I've written in terms of jobs suggestions that actually have a solid and beneficial history would be laughed at by the two parties for different reasons. I also agree with you that the current GOP has ceded reason for their anti-government ideology. I also think that the Democratic Party has bought into the notion that government is essentially bad, but they can't bring themselves to defend the things that government actually does well (Clinton really helped to usher that sensibility in).<br /><br />It strikes me as funny that so many people think that believing that we should have a strong and functioning and efficient government automatically means hating the private sector. It is a fairly ahistorical argument. I give credit to Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower for using the power of government to help drive the private sector.<br /><br />I think that tax cuts and deregulation are just things to say now, and short term, non-useful things to boot. There are two solidily Republican (old school, RINOs I suppose now) Presidents who really did things that were revolutionary but essential in moving our nation forward. Where are those folks, and where are their Democratic counterparts?hscfreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248588351369527519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-53571378498208757162011-02-02T19:32:13.231-08:002011-02-02T19:32:13.231-08:00Free,
Given that one the two major political part...Free,<br /><br />Given that one the two major political parties in the country doesn't think that government employees are actually workers, I wouldn't count on anything good coming out of Washington. To hear some politicians indicate that cutting the federal workforce will create jobs is the kind of twisted logic that is not really about finding a solution to a problem (in this case unemployment) it is solely about adhering to an anti-government ideology.Josh G.noreply@blogger.com