September 14, 2005
"If Katrina has laid bare the shortcomings of Bush-style conservatism, it has also exposed problems with contemporary urban liberalism."
That's a well-framed essay topic, from Joel Kotkin & David Friedman, writing in The New Republic.
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Yup, yup, the Democrats could really make some political hay from this if the Governor of La. and the Mayor of New Orleans were not Democrats. Too bad for reality....but then, those that are suffering the most don't vote much, so it's a draw...
always thought that the Republican party had a better sell to cynical people. If the republican party is the party of the business class and the well to do, then the poor should vote republican becuase republicans know that to keep votes they would need to turn poor people into middle class people.
In contrast, why would democrats seek to help out the poor at all. If they help out the poor and the poor moves into the middle class, they will start voting republican! If I was cynical about the human condition (and believed politicians only cared about getting re-elected) I would never vote democrat because a democrat wants you to stay poor.
Don't bash me too much, its just an observation.
Sloanasaurus: I have to agree with you. Liberals are all for welfare. In fact, they really like it because it keeps the poor dependent. Then they need the liberals since they are the ones that love entitlement and big government agencies. And you know the liberals are the only ones that really care about the poor.
Conservatives are the evil ones. They would like to help get people off welfare and have them become self-sufficient because that is empowering, but since they don't want to keep pouring money into a welfare system that hasn't worked in decades and try something different (like continuing education and trade training incentives), they are evil.
Now I will be the one to get bashed.
Yes, well, it would be interesting to get Elizabeth's take on this article in TNR now that I understand she lives in N.O.
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