It was not that long ago that we were touting Scott Brown's victory as a big move to the right on the part of voters and an indication of America's turn back towards the right. He voted with the Democrats on the Jobs Bill which was a smaller stimulus bill. We now know that the first stimulus had no affect on job growth, just look at the current unemployment numbers and the recent increase in first time application for jobless benefits. Scott Brown was the deciding vote in the passing of the democrat's financial reform bill. Brown caved into Harry Reid with assurances that Brown's previous concerns that Massachusetts banks would not be adversely affected and voted, along with good company namely Snowe, for this huge government intervention into the financial sector. This new government intervention in the financial sector is a perfect illustration of the "crises of intervention" as stated by Mises which basically states that one government intervention in the economy creates a problem and leads to more government intervention to solve the problem. (I won't provide much details about the reform because from the little I have read about it I summed it up fairly well above: more government.)
Well what does this show us? People are certainly fed up with the government's attempts to take over the private sector, just like the people in Massachusetts soundly rejected Obama care, and it looks like there will possibly be a big conservative victory in November; but if Scott Brown is any indication of the type of Republicans that we can hope for, then it does not look like a true fundamental change will occur. Brown is from a liberal state, but voting for these two bills is even a little far for a left-leaning conservative. The bottom line with Brown is that he is taking us down the same road that the democrats are regardless of the reasoning behind it. Palin is looking like a flop along with Brown. Mitt Romney name is out there to run on the Republican Presidential ticket and he is the one who created a smaller version of Obama care up there in Massachusetts. Aside for Chris Christie and Maybe Paul Ryan, I don't see any real conservatives out there. This goes to show that there is little difference between the left and the right in our Country: they both are taking us down the same path to bigger government. But I am just sure that conservatives will win big in the coming elections and in the long term turn the direction that our Country and the world is headed, I say this in a jesting manner. I don't know maybe a real conservative will come out of nowhere and save the day, but I am running out of excuses to not believe that there will be no real change in the direction that our Country is headed in the long term.
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It is frustrating that Scott Brown is not all we want him to be. But, that doesn't diminish at all the significance of what happened. What we have is a RINO replacing a hard-core powerful liberal. In fact, the most powerful liberal of the last half century probably, in a deeply blue state. That Scott Brown is a RINO is true and sad, but it's a hell of a lot better than what any reasonable person would predict coming out of Massechusetts. Jeff, I think your depression over this is unfounded. Scott Brown is a step in the right direction. We won't turn the whole country into (politically) Texas overnight.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the pressure and it is certainly right to point out that Scott Brown is nowhere near an ideal conservative. I think we knew when he was elected that he wasn't. He campaigned hard against Obamacare and followed through with it. He followed the Maine sisters in being a RINO on other things though.
I would rather have a 100% liberal than a half way conservative. "Brown is from a liberal state, but voting for these two bills is even a little far for a left-leaning conservative." I do not consider the passing of this bill a step in the right direction. The financial bill is a far reaching bill. This is a big intrusion into the private sector. It was authored by the very people who caused the current mess that we are in: Chris Dodd and Barney Franks. (Nothing good comes out of that region of the Country except sport teams.) What is the fundamental goal of the people who wrote this bill? To stop the up and down business cycle. What is this up and down cycle called? This is called capitalism or the free market, this is what I learned from my econ class anyways. So the goal is to stop the free market: no ups and downs so that there will only be lows. This is nothing new, look at Keynes or further back in history. Again, I don't think this is a step in the right direction: it is a very big step in the wrong direction. Lets keep the 100% liberals and do away with the half way cons. It says something about the system in the fact that it takes half way measures to get anything done. A compromise between statism and capitalism can not last: it must give way to statism.
ReplyDeletehttp://blog.heritage.org/2010/05/20/morning-bell-dodd-bill-is-just-the-beginning-of-too-big-to-fail/
The whole point of bringing this up is to make the point that there is little difference between the left and right. I need to adjust my tone if I come across as depressed.
I am on Jeff's side here. I think we are headed down a long road to shit town.
ReplyDeleteScott Brown is better then what we can expect coming out of Mass, but the overall mean average of this country is going towards big government and it is irreversible.
I think global government is a couple centuries away, but it will come. Every piece of legislation is a baby step towards it.
I read the Hot Air article. Did the bill pass or not? It didnt say.
ReplyDeleteIt passed, with the support of all the New England Republicans - http://www.marketwatch.com/story/senate-passes-historic-finance-reform-bill-2010-05-20
ReplyDeleteCertainly not a good thing.
You would rather have a 100% liberal than a halfway conservative? Like, seriously? So you would rather have someone that votes your way never, than someone who votes your way 50% of the time?
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