Demcorats are self-centered; Republicans are not. It is this self-delusion and difference in world view that makes the problems appear, dg. It always has. You think Iraq’s evil, we think it is good. You think Israel can win through submission, we think they can win through superior firepower.

It is these kinds of differences that demonstrate why people like Oz is wrong. That and the fact that people like dg and Oz can agree, when Oz wants to sit on the fence and say Democrats are the same as Republicans.

Of course I know that the piece was on the WSJ’s opinion page. But it is cited here and (likely) elsewhere because of the author’s perceived authority. That authority is misplaced when an economist speaks without numbers and contradicts more qualified, better trained economists. Even Art Laffer, arguably the inventor of supply-side economics, will tell you that lowering taxes will not necessarily increase growth if the countervailing debt burdens create other problems (e.g., inflation, weakened currency, income inequality, etc.).

Hmmm…I see your point, Helen. Wouldn’t want the government banning genital mutilation, infanticide, sutee, stoning, or such, would we. Let the doctors decide.

When your religion is distributing entering doctor’s offices, like pro-Lifers is, government policy is the same as church policy.

When your religion is distributing income, like yours is, Helen, economic policy is the same as church policy.