Today marks the pinnacle of pathetic pandering in NYS as “we” head to the polls to annoint the latest power-mad, megalomaniacal people with our blessings of awesomeness. In that spirit, check out these 10 core principles from the “Bern’s” website:
AS PRESIDENT, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WILL REDUCE INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY BY:
Is there greater evidence that (1) the economics profession has utterly failed; and (2) that people actually are engaged in symbolism and not serious thinking? If you were to conduct a poll of all of the economists at the top 50 economics departments in the country, and people were able to answer honestly and anonymously, not a single department would generate anywhere near reasonable levels of support for any of these positions, except possibly #9.
Say what you will about “science deniers” on the climate side, we are a nation of economic science deniers, and we are proud of it. The next time NASA wishes to send a probe into space, instead of relying on the science, I think we should allow populist politicians to enact mission plans and engineering plans based on populist impressions of how science works. If you think populism is reasonable economic policy, please tell me why we should not practice populist space propulsion or populist medicine? Anyone have a loved one with cancer? Use homeopathy! Anyone want to make a campfire? Use the phlogiston!
Have a nice day.
‘Say what you will about “science deniers” on the climate side, we are a nation of economic science deniers, and we are proud of it.’ Laugh or cry?
I am working toward my MBA, even while acknowledging the limited academic legitimacy of such a degree, I’m shocked by how often I need to defend my belief in returning maximum value to shareholders, that not all businesses are short-term focused, property rights are the best way to protect the environment, the labor market can value maternity leave instead of government policy, increasing the price of pharmaceutical drugs increases private investment into healthcare R&D. These principles are not debates, they are truths of the world we inhibit. We’ve replaced logic and reason with a greeny religousy set of principles that make us feel good because nothing is our fault, and we are owed more than we have.
I find it bizarre that those ‘feeling the bern’ are the same that tell me thing like ‘money can’t make you happy’. Then why do we need to raise the minimum wage? Why do we need paid maternity leave? If money isn’t everything, how come so much of their message is centered around money?
And the worst part of socialism isn’t that it makes us all poorer. The worst part is it limits the human spirit, limiting individuals striving to become overachievers and producers, when the path to prosperity necessitates whining, bragging about how hard things are for you, and complaining that your neighborhoods have too much.
Can you say he’s wrong though? If the goal, as stated, is to “REDUCE INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY”, I think those policies would accomplish it. Of course it does that by making everyone poorer, however.