Pandering To The Greedy Poor
By Doug Patton
March 23, 2009
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Conventional wisdom says that the rich are greedy. But greed is a condition of the heart, not the bank account or the ledger sheet. It is a sense of entitlement based in the covetous nature of humankind. It is a tendency that should be rejected, not embraced. Jealousy and envy were sins Christ warned man about 2,000 years ago. Today, however, we regard them as virtues, rights, entitlements. Greed can afflict the rich, the poor and everyone in between. However, it seems that the poor are especially susceptible to the siren song of manipulative politicians like Charlie Rangel and Barack Obama.
Rangel, who is black, once equated tax cuts with racism. "They used to say 'nigger' and 'spic,'" he spewed in 1995 when Republicans took over Congress, "but now they just say, 'Let's cut taxes.'" Rather than encouraging his constituents to be the best they can be, to access the tremendous opportunity of America, this merchant of resentment would rather sell poison snake oil than the liberating tonic of truth.
This is the bitter, corrupt old man the poor, deceived people of Harlem have elected to represent them in Congress for the last four decades. This is the charlatan the Democrats have chosen to run the committee that writes our tax law. This is the poster boy for the party that panders to the greedy poor.
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Doug Patton is a freelance columnist who has served as a political speechwriter and policy advisor to conservative candidates, elected officials and public policy organizations. His weekly columns are published in newspapers across the country and on selected Internet web sites, including Human Events Online and GOPUSA.com, where he is a senior writer and state editor. Readers may e-mail him at dougpatton@cox.net.
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