Class Clown
2009-07-02 06:59:47
Delia,
Well, the devil is in the details, isn’t it?
I always liked the P.J. O’Rourke line that went something like this: “People complain about Social Security until they ponder having to have their parents move in with them”.
It’s funny when he says it, but the problem is that behind the joke is a painful truth. A whole lot of “liberalism” is in reality people trying to offload familial and community obligations onto the taxpayer. That is why I like Brooks’ work so much, because he quantifies the charity of conservatives.
Like I said, too many liberals wish to get the state to care for others so that they can go back to being hipster narcissists.
