Time For Action, Not Words
RALEIGH (By John Hood, Carolina Journal) – In case there’s any 'Carolina Journal' reader who hasn’t figured this out yet, I’ll state the matter plainly:
Judge politicians by what they do, not what they say.
For example, if a Democratic legislator or congressman bashes big business in the morning and then in the afternoon votes for big incentive packages or bailouts for big business, then don’t mark him down as a populist.
If a Republican legislator or congressman bashes big government in the morning and then votes in the afternoon for a massive new expansion of government spending or regulatory authority, then don’t mark him down as a conservative.
And if a policymaker of any stripe tells you in the morning that the Great Recession was caused by excessive borrowing, and then votes in the afternoon to perpetuate the government’s bias in favor of debt over savings, then don’t mark him down as a reformer.
Judge politicians by what they do, not what they say.
For example, if a Democratic legislator or congressman bashes big business in the morning and then in the afternoon votes for big incentive packages or bailouts for big business, then don’t mark him down as a populist.
If a Republican legislator or congressman bashes big government in the morning and then votes in the afternoon for a massive new expansion of government spending or regulatory authority, then don’t mark him down as a conservative.
And if a policymaker of any stripe tells you in the morning that the Great Recession was caused by excessive borrowing, and then votes in the afternoon to perpetuate the government’s bias in favor of debt over savings, then don’t mark him down as a reformer.
posted by BP News Bureau | 12:06 PM
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