Anyone see the Catholic priest’s rant against Hillary in that church in Chicago? According to him, if you don’t give up your 401(k), all trappings of success, and give them to the black community you are just perpetuating racism.
Social mobility is higher in the United States than almost every other country. It’s not perfect, and we could do more to encourage educational achievement in low income communities. Vocational programs, longer school days, more college prep, mentoring, and my favorite – a class on personal finance. But I’m not suing for reparations for how my relatives got screwed in southern Europe over the last couple hundred years. We have to just let it go. Aren’t the Shias and Sunnis still pissed off over who killed who 1,000 years ago? Not a particularly productive attitude.
I’ll probably vote for McCain. I think markets and free trade and NAFTA and capitalism in general are actually good things.
