The Conservative Cat

This is a serious problem, because redistribution of wealth is the liberal prescription for everything from crime to foreign policy.

Of course, when you explain to a liberal how government largess gets misused, their solution is always more oversight, but it's only been one day since the President castigated Wall Street over the AIG bonuses and already we have another story about goofy bailout bucks: Bank of America is using its cash infusion to drum up business for the latest Pixar movie.

And that is why the liberal prescription never works: the government is simply too big and too slow to convert good intentions into effective action. For example, I'm sure Senator Obama was sincere when he said that he was going to lower the boom on lobbyists, but when he actually got into office, the reality was quite different. See, it is very easy to say that you're going to put an end to business as usual, but business will continue to be usual until you can identify exactly what you intend to change. Promising "more oversight" is like promising "fewer lobbyists": it's a wish, not a plan, and confusing a wish with a plan is not just stupid, it's Illinois stupid.

Respectfully submitted,

Ferdinand T. Cat