One can only imagine the “Dean Scream” that came out of Burlington, Vermont the night the government takeover of health care passed the House of Representatives.
The always daffy Howard Dean appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Sunday to discuss the health care reform bill. He explained that the broader principle of the legislation has less to do with fixing the health system and more to do with a Marxist principle of redistributing wealth.
“When [wealth distribution] gets out of whack as it did in the ’20s and it has now, you need to do some redistribution. This is a form of redistribution.”
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Ever the politician, Dean cautions that there could be “too much” redistribution, which could result in the “incentive” being taken out of the system. I’m sorry – when have extreme liberals ever worried about people having incentive to do anything on their own?
In the interview, Dean wonders what the “right balance” of income distribution might be for America. Again, as I wondered a few days ago, how are politicians qualified to determine what that “right balance” should be? If the way they handle our money in Washington, D.C. is any indication, the politicians would do us a service by steering completely clear of financial matters.
Welcome to the transforming America.
We have politicians “tweaking” the system in an effort to spread the wealth more equally among hard working people and people who prefer not to work at all. I doubt this is what the Founding Fathers had in mind.
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