Not long ago, a friend asked me to support a “movement” to forgive all outstanding student loans. What, a bowel movement? My response to him was not just no, but Hell, No! My parents paid off my student loans. I’m doing the same for my son. He's currently saving money to go back to school. Actions have consequences. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. These phrases became clichés precisely because they are true. After she’s pregnant, it’s too late to say you don’t want to be a father. Nobody puts a gun to your head and forces you to attend Harvard. Take what you want, but pay for it yourself. Oh wait, sorry. My bad. I forgot about the “convenience” called abortion. That subject was still taboo when I was single. In those days, women weren’t proud to have aborted a baby. Instead, they were ashamed they let themselves get impregnated by a jerk. It doesn’t seem to be a big deal these days. Of course, “back in the day,” abortions were self funded and not covered by any medical plans. Now, the self-proclaimed “have-nots” want the mysterious “haves” to give them anything they desire, and the soup du jour is a free college education. Obama is playing to that class warfare crowd, moaning about the expense of higher education without examining the actual costs. This political advertisement claims “student loan debt exceeds one trillion dollars.” But has anyone asked the question, why? What makes college so expensive? The liberal answer to the rising cost of education seems to be that it should be free, simply because it costs too much. Really? … [Read more...]
Occupation protests versus the TEA party
Mainstream television media paints an interesting picture of the "protestors" staging rallies all around the country -- from Wall Street to Washington DC, and now Atlanta... However, the "unsanitized view" of the Atlanta protestors is much more disturbing. What's up with this echo chanting of the masses, an inculcation of group think? While I respect John Lewis for his participation in the Civil Rights movement, I'm not the biggest fan of his work as a Congressman from Georgia. Nonetheless, I'm shocked that a crowd of his admirers and supporters would refuse to let him speak at their protest. It seems that he wasn't on their agenda. Seriously -- these people had an agenda? As we learned from "Occupy DC", the protestors involved are basically clueless. Their only common goal seems to be the transformation of America into a Communist society by targeting the only real source of wealth generation, the private sector. It's rather telling that one man standing next to Lewis at the occupation in Atlanta wore a t-shirt proudly declaring himself a "union thug". These misguided angry people bemoan the salaries of "corporate fat cats" but ignore the real cause of economic turmoil in America -- entitlement programs, bloated government salaries and excessive government pensions. You only have to read the Sunday paper in Savannah to learn the local school superintendent's annual salary paid from taxpayer coffers is $192,147 and "numerous administrative positions make over $100,000 a year." (Savannah Morning News 10/9/11 pg 14A, letter to editor … [Read more...]
