Liberal Payoff, Yoga Taxes and Economic Shrinkage

Mark Levy
Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:00:00 -0700
Opinion

Dear Mark: The liberal agenda is to expand government's control over its citizens, spread the wealth, reduce the size of the military, increase entitlements, not worry about a balanced budget, and last but by no means least, in the words of Dick Cheney, President Obama wants to "take America down a notch." If this all comes to pass and the USA becomes a weakened second-rate country, then what is the payoff for liberals in general and Obama in particular? — Just Wonderin'

Dear Wonderin': Liberals believe the federal government is their god and that it's the government's job to establish utopia here on Earth. Unfortunately, liberals are ignorant to history as well as economic theory, and there will not be the payoff liberals expect. Just ask the former Soviet Union and other parts of Eastern Europe. Liberals might also want to check out the wonderful success of Venezuela, Cuba, Vietnam and numerous other "socialist" countries throughout history.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously said, "The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Throughout history and even today we have seen communism, socialism, totalitarianism and any other form of government where the economy is centrally planned, fail miserably. Yet somehow today's American liberals feel they can do it better because they think they're smarter, more compassionate and truly know what is best for each and every individual. With the national debt having blown by $17 trillion, the United States government is coming dangerously close to running out of other people's money.
Updated: Sat Jun 28, 2014

Dear Mark: The liberal agenda is to expand government's control over its citizens, spread the wealth, reduce the size of the military, increase entitlements, not worry about a balanced budget, and last but by no means least, in the words of Dick Cheney, President Obama wants to "take America down a notch." If this all comes to pass and the USA becomes a weakened second-rate country, then what is the payoff for liberals in general and Obama in particular? — Just Wonderin'

Dear Wonderin': Liberals believe the federal government is their god and that it's the government's job to establish utopia here on Earth. Unfortunately, liberals are ignorant to history as well as economic theory, and there will not be the payoff liberals expect. Just ask the former Soviet Union and other parts of Eastern Europe. Liberals might also want to check out the wonderful success of Venezuela, Cuba, Vietnam and numerous other "socialist" countries throughout history.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously said, "The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Throughout history and even today we have seen communism, socialism, totalitarianism and any other form of government where the economy is centrally planned, fail miserably. Yet somehow today's American liberals feel they can do it better because they think they're smarter, more compassionate and truly know what is best for each and every individual. With the national debt having blown by $17 trillion, the United States government is coming dangerously close to running out of other people's money.

It's appalling to see people like Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid act like they know what's best for me and my family. Don't be fooled just because we don't see direct policies and laws dictating our every move; the redistributive taxation along with the overly burdensome regulations are achieving the same end.

As for the payoff; on their death beds liberals will be able to tell their kids and grandkids that they had good intentions and, oh, yeah, here's the bill for all of our failed liberal policies.

Dear Mark: I just read an article in my Wall Street Journal which talked about the Washington, D.C.'s, city council voting on a new "yoga tax." Pardon me for pointing out the obvious contradiction, but if Michelle Obama and Washington are so concerned about the health of Americans, why would they take something that is good for you and make it more expensive? — Jumping Jack

Dear Jumping: Ronald Reagan loved to sum up the federal government's ridiculous economic philosophy with the following: "If it moves, tax it; if it keeps moving, regulate it; and if it stops moving, subsidize it." I can't say it any better than the Gipper.

Dear Mark: The U.S. economy contracted 2.9 percent for the first quarter of 2014, which is devastating for our country. I checked all over the news and even looked at the ABC, CBS and CNN websites and couldn't find anything about this. I remember that when the economy was going south on President Bush, the media was all over it like stink on (expletive). Where's the media today? — Mike in Minnesota

Dear Mike: Not only are the media shills for the Obama administration but they're actually buying the administration's lame excuse that the economic shrinkage was caused by an unseasonably harsh winter. Let's see, Obama wants us to believe the earth is heating up while at the same time extreme cold is causing economic problems?

I'm reminded of the Seinfeld episode when George Costanza had been swimming and embarrassingly experienced some shrinkage of his own. He screamed, "I was in the pool, I was in the pool!" Maybe not the perfect analogy, but funny nonetheless.