How utterly absurd is the proposition that the wealthiest among us create jobs for the poorest among us! If this were demonstrably true, based on experiential data, the country would have created millions of jobs during the George W. Bush presidency. What we know is that not a single job - not one - was created during the eight years of George Bush, despite tax cuts for the rich.
The Republicans are quite correct in their conviction that the country needs to reduce its deficit. But to reduce the deficit at a time when the economy cries out for stimulus, to reduce the deficit by cutting programs - and the millions of jobs that go with them - is the height of both historical ignorance and a brand of hubris not seen since that guy said, "bring 'em on."
When politicos lie or bend the truth, we tend to forgive them - most voters think most politicians lie all the time. But where is the check and balance? It used to be our newspapers. But today we have a shrinking number of newspapers we can rely on to at least try to tell us the truth. We have a TV medium that is money-centered, uncreative, and dismissive of any scintilla of common sense among their viewers. And we have a blogosphere wildly out of control with partisanship.
At least with most of the blogosphere, the biases are obvious and the reader always knows where he/she stands. That's the way it was in the early days of journalism in America. So maybe those of us who try to stay informed today should simply read "Firedog Lake" followed by "Red State."
That would certainly simplify our lives.
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