Every time the Democrats lose an election, they whine about how the electorate really wanted their ideals and values, but that somehow there was a problem with the messaging. Each time, I think to myself, if you weren’t so busy trying to obfuscate your positions and hide your true intentions, then messaging would no longer be a problem for you. I have never before seen a group of individuals where spin and outright fabrications were so huge a part of daily communication. I am forced to wonder if they talk to their own families this way. The unfortunate part of all of this is that sometimes the voting public is actually fooled into believing some of the rubbish. As a public service, I will break down the message of the left into easy to understand concepts. Think of it as a key to understanding the political rhetoric of the next two years.
Protecting the middle class – This means providing a basket of benefits from the Federal Budget which will be paid for by all of your descendants for centuries to follow.
Increasing taxes for the rich – This means punishing small business owners for the risk taking necessary to build and expand their operations so that the private sector may create wealth and jobs. It is also used as a red herring to pay for the benefits mentioned above, which is laughable since if every Penney of income were stripped from those fitting the definition of the rich it would pay for the Federal Budget for no more than a few weeks.
Tax Credits to promote the Green Economy – This means providing a kickback to political supporters who helped get a leftist elected. It is also a form of crony capitalism, in that it allows the Executive Branch to defacto pick which large corporations will be successful free from the anxiety that stems from those pesky competitors.
Energy independence – This means creating enough regulation in the energy sector of the economy so as to produce artificially high prices to make it cost prohibitive for the average American to drive motor vehicles, heat their homes or to use air conditioning. Basically, it means returning our national standard of living to those standards enjoyed by humans in the Seventh Century A.D.
Reducing the deficit – You may be thinking that this means some sort of fiscal constraint, and you’d be wrong. What this means from the Socialist crowd is to increase the marginal tax rates in a bizarre, (and already proven not to work in the slightest,) attempt to mitigate an out of control deficit spending pattern increase in IRS collected revenue.
Restore our Standing in the world community – This means appeasing our enemies and simultaneously insulting our staunchest allies. It includes also the practice of projecting weakness throughout the globe and committing our military personnel to do the bidding of thuggish third world dictators, wrapped up in some sort of perverse international test. (this may seem to be an ambiguous definition, and you are correct, it is. The leftist use of our military is ambiguous and our objectives are flexible if not held to any sane standard.)
Humanitarian Aid – This is related to the previous definition. It means turning our military and national defense into a social services organization and the largest chapter of meals on wheels on the Planet.
Social Justice – this is redistribution of wealth from those in society who have produced something and given to favored political groups, people with a preferred victim status.
Political Justice – This is defined as silencing those who disagree with the government and using those organizations which agree with the government as a money laundering operation to perpetuate political contributions for all future campaigns.
Get out the vote – This is defined as busing people from states where their votes will not be needed to communities in other neighboring states to have them same day register and vote in more crucial elections. An example would be 10,000 or so people from Illinois voting last week in the Wisconsin Judicial Election in Dane County.
I hope you have found this partial list helpful. Monty Python provides a lesson in why the Social Justice exercise is doomed to failure.
Tags: Elections 2012
