tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post11344172404907699..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: Ya Gotta Read The CommentsM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-59438465324709221982010-09-28T06:13:41.942+00:002010-09-28T06:13:41.942+00:00I think the key to understanding what is going on ...I think the key to understanding what is going on is the woman who became well-known for a week or so for her poster at a Tea Party rally. "No Socialized Medicine/Hands Off My Medicare".<br /><br />People on the left pushed that as evidence that the Tea Partiers are simply irrational. I see it as both quite rational and as a warning to the hard-core constitutionalists/fiscal conservatives. If we do get a "wave" election in November, it's in large part because the Obama Administration's profligacy is widely viewed as making it inevitable that we'll lose the government services we already had. Don't forget the drubbing the Bush Administration took when they tried to take a portion of Social Security private. I've seen nothing to convince me that Americans have changed their mind on that.<br /><br />Americans want to maintain their freedom from busybody Progressives, but will give up their government services only reluctantly. Fiscal libertarians need to step lightly, at least for a good while.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039999711990701720noreply@blogger.com