More equal than others

          Last year at this time, the Obama Administration was using the fresh horror of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings to make Gun Control the dominant issue in Washington political debates.  All signs indicate that this year’s Cause Du Jour will be “inequality.”

          Where do I begin?  I suppose overriding all other arguments is the fact that if I don’t trust the person who defines what’s fair and equitable; I’m probably NOT going to agree with whatever definition they come up with.  Little else needs to be said; but I’ll say it anyway.

          The notion that we can eliminate all kinds of inequality is infantile.  Somewhere, someone is going to have a little more than you---someone is going to have a little less than you.  Deal with it.
          There are a myriad of reasons why this is the case.  The economy, life decisions, and a number of other things over which people have absolutely no control.  To think that we can ameliorate all these factors and produce equitable outcomes for all is dangerous.  It gives birth to terrible ideas.

          But this is precisely how a Statist like the President works.  ALL things are subject to Government manipulation.  Those who subscribe to this theory are married to the myth of the infallibility of The Collective.

          When you add it up, you get a record number of people on Food Stamps, an unemployment “safety net” that is damned close to becoming a permanent entitlement---and you get the subtle reinforcement of the obscene notion that your happiness and well-being are tied inexorably to the whims of Washington.

          When the President bleats about “inequality” in the coming weeks, rest assured he’s not pushing for equality in the classic sense.  He is talking about shifting more and more power to Washington.  Period.  To quote from one of my favorite movies, “That’s what he does!  That’s ALL he does!”