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goddamnedfrank7/16/2012 8:21:22 pm PDT

re: #98 Ojoe

I am struck by how this acrimonious debate about who pays what, and how fair or not fair it is, etc etc, would be completely unnecessary if we decided to all work together for the whole mutual benefit of all, and each to his/her post with his/her unique talents.

But politicians will blast this idea away with a fire hose every time.

It’s a good idea, it’s just not very capitalistic. It’s not politics per se that blasts it away, it’s GOP politics. What you describe, “if we decided to all work together for the whole mutual benefit of all” is intimately couched in the language of social responsibility. Those kinds of ideals are anathema to a party that sees itself as the champions of individual achievement and competition.