TOM DEM,

Forty years ago I use to go to Union Meetings with left Democrats like the crowd currently running the country. At the meeting it was all about workers rights but at the beer bar it was all about world revolution. Because you had to destroy this irredeemable country before you could save it. And the workers might have to wait a few generations for things to sort themselves out.

The problem we face is the concentration of power in Washington and the creation, by Democrats, of powerful economic cartels in Banking, Health Care, Energy production, manufacturing and so on. The Health Care Bill is the creation of a Cartel. Cap and Trade will require massive Cartels. All these are advertised as exploitative — though for the very best of reasons, of course. “We will charge some people more so we can charge others less — and save human civilization, too.” Sorry, Tom, I said “we.” I meant you.

Meanwhile, accuracy in argument is not a requirement. The Health Care Bill is not sold using “Smoke and mirrors” accounting. It is sold using smoking fraud. Five hundred billion in Medicare cuts to help pay for it, Tom?

Now Tom, after you concentrate all this power into a political class to which you belong — how can you give that power up to a bunch of racist Republicans? Is it not your duty to make sure they don’t get their hands on it? And will you do your duty?

By and large, the commentators at the Belmont Club want power “spread around.” We don’t think some political hack in the White House should decide that the government will not fund abortions this week, but maybe next week — who knows? Or that politicians who destroy 12 million jobs decide who gets the 500,000 jobs stringing extension cords between windmills.

Just a few random thoughts.