Only now you believe?

[reality_hammer]

The MSM is burying us with stories that are meant to be a continuation of the deification of Obama wherein people state that now, since he's going to be elected, they finally believe in equality in our society.

Excuse me?

Call me naive but that's something I've always believed in. Not that there aren't people working against equality, of course

Comments

[winnowill2]

I hope for ONE THING out of the Obama Presidency (other than the hope that it doesn't result in the utter destruction of the country): that, now that we've elected a black guy President, maybe we can leave the racial whining behind and really be post-racial (as Obama claims to be, but then abandons whenever playing the race card might benefit him).

I have the hope, but I don't think it will come to pass.

[ellie_kay]

Does that mean I should wait until a member of the Sac and Fox tribe is elected before I believe? Should I wait for someone named Brett? Sounds silly, doesn't it?

Wow...what a simple way to put it. AMEN.

Re: Yeah, you're being naive

[wingguy]

Income inequality, to the extent that it is a problem at all, is best addressed by raising the lower groups rather than taking from some and giving to others.

The underclass is not an underclass because of past government abuses. Too many people lack access to education and/or parental guidance constantly reinforcing its importance. To paraphrase Bill Cosby, you can't be a brain surgeon and start a sentence with "What you is....?"

Attempts to "undo" the inequalities suffered by previous generations are counterproductive at least partly because they promote race and class warfare instead of progress.

Re: Yeah, you're being naive

[reality_hammer]

I'm not telling people to "get over it", I'm saying that equality is not when "someone like me" succeeds.

(As for being on the wrong end of a divide, there's a branch of my family that still lives on a reservation in Kansas....)

I don't think "targeted" tax cuts do either of the things you mention. It is almost impossible for government to divine which groups should get a tax cut and which groups should not with any degree of efficiency. Income inequality is a symptom...trying to treat it through forced redistribution ignores the cause and simply perpetuates the problem.

IMO the only time we'll see a permanent underclass is when government policies that attempt to pick and choose who gets what evolve into a system of spoils that excludes them.

[wingguy]

That was a very fine posting. I especially liked the reference to political ideologies that promote pitting one group against another. Maybe we can hope that identity politics in general will be less popular in the future.

Concerning the "problem" of income inequality, redistribution is absolutely not the answer. We need to raise the lower incomes through better education and CONTINUED equal opportunity. Let the rich become richer and don't give in to envy.

[schpydurx]

HOPE. CHANGE.

Obama. Obama. Obama. Obama.