Originally Posted by
Mainecoons
But the real answer is to give Obama and the left what they want and the consequences that are inevitable with it. The left despite all their desires and emotion has not rewritten the basic laws of economics. The outcomes from their policies will not be different than the outcomes in history from the same ideas and policies. You print money, at some point money becomes worthless. You kill the spirit of entrepreneurs, at some point they give up and stop creating the jobs that employ everyone, including liberals.
Time and time again in history, we've seen government try to manage economies and substitute make work "employment" for the real thing. Time and time again, it has failed. Because the other thing that liberals can't change is human nature. I think almost everyone would love that the left's socialist uptopia could be created, that there would be no poverty, everyone would have free medical care, plenty of food, nice housing. Only the most churlish of humanity would not want to see prosperity for all.
But that isn't how it works on this planet. Whether you are a member of a herd of Gnus on the African plain or a member of a herd of humans in a country, some do better because of accident of birth, environment, genes, or just plain dumb luck. And some fall by the wayside. The only proven method for minimizing the size of the latter group is capitalism, and no that is not state capitalism or crony capitalism.
The fundamental breakdown of liberalism is that it tries over and over again to repeal the law of nature, expecting a different result. The result is always the same, it always ends in failure and then a recycling/rebuilding. And it will continue to do so.