More Big Government Needed
Another economist for big government. We don't seem to run out of these guys. This time Eduardo Porter is in the spotlight. His article in today's NY Times argues that the middle class is losing ground because government isn't big enough!
No, that is not a joke. Porter really said that.
I guess he must think government has been shrinking over the past few decades. What rock has he been hiding under?
As government in the US at all levels has expanded without any apparent limit, the position of the middle class has deteriorated. Yes, that is true. Guess why?
The government is not the friend of the middle class. It is the government that has taken away the incentives that the middle class once had to save and provide for their future and the future of their children. Now, the middle class presumes, incorrectly it turns out, that the government is doing the saving for them and will provide for them in their old age. Wrong.
The government and the Democrats are simply trading the future of middle class Americans for power today for a few entitled Democrats. Nancy Pelosi is not a middle class American, nor is John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Barrack Obama or any of these folks. They are all one percenters. Big government won't hurt them. They know how to play the game.
The folks that will be decimated by the continued expansion of the government and the middle class are the middle class and the poor. Their future opportunities are rapidly disappearing in the wake of an ever expanding government and entitled class of government employees.
The rulemakers are ruling out a future for the American middle class. Fast forward to Greece to get a view of how well big government solves the problems of the middle class. Waiting in the wings are Spain, France, Italy and yes, even Germany. The big government outcome is visible for all to see. Maybe economist Eduardo Porter should take a glance at the future. Porter, of course, is one of the entitled, so maybe he hasn't noticed the turn of events in Europe.
No, that is not a joke. Porter really said that.
I guess he must think government has been shrinking over the past few decades. What rock has he been hiding under?
As government in the US at all levels has expanded without any apparent limit, the position of the middle class has deteriorated. Yes, that is true. Guess why?
The government is not the friend of the middle class. It is the government that has taken away the incentives that the middle class once had to save and provide for their future and the future of their children. Now, the middle class presumes, incorrectly it turns out, that the government is doing the saving for them and will provide for them in their old age. Wrong.
The government and the Democrats are simply trading the future of middle class Americans for power today for a few entitled Democrats. Nancy Pelosi is not a middle class American, nor is John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Barrack Obama or any of these folks. They are all one percenters. Big government won't hurt them. They know how to play the game.
The folks that will be decimated by the continued expansion of the government and the middle class are the middle class and the poor. Their future opportunities are rapidly disappearing in the wake of an ever expanding government and entitled class of government employees.
The rulemakers are ruling out a future for the American middle class. Fast forward to Greece to get a view of how well big government solves the problems of the middle class. Waiting in the wings are Spain, France, Italy and yes, even Germany. The big government outcome is visible for all to see. Maybe economist Eduardo Porter should take a glance at the future. Porter, of course, is one of the entitled, so maybe he hasn't noticed the turn of events in Europe.
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