Ideological idiocy

Since the beginning of the recession last summer, there has been a strange switch in the ideology of and its effect on American politics. It used to be that the Republicans supported conservative principles (for the most part) while the Democrats had no real ideology other than grabbing power. With the advent of the recession, the Bush administration abandoned conservatism and opted instead for Socialism (I never met a bank I didn't want the government to buy, said Bush and his Treasury Secretary.) At the same time, the Democrats decided to adopt Socialism as well. The Democrats even seem now to be fighting for the destruction of the free enterprise system in the USA. Thus, in the name of the ideal of equality, the obama administration is trying to level the playing field throughout the country by making everyone poor. No more of those annoying rich people who create jobs. NO, the administration is going to make sure that any possible private sector help to the economy is scuttled in a torrent of taxation and spending which will drown those who might have helped get us going again. For those enterprises that remain competative in the global economy, the Obama administration is bringing forward cap and trade, forced unionization and higher taxes in order to make sure that US companies will not be able to compete -- at least not while using American labor. Clearly, if the administration is able to push the remaining manufacturing jobs out of the US, it can once again move us toward ideological purity -- i.e., everyone will be equally poor.

Even those who already have wealth are to be attacked by the Dems. Thus, the new administration is acting to bring on a major burst of inflation which will be able to reduce the worth of the assets held by the rich. Again, this serves the ideology at hand.

Some day the American people will realize what is going on. Hopefully, this will happen before it is too late. Also, hopefully, the remedy will be played out at the ballot box and not the alternative.