I posted the following on a forum many years ago and I’m re-posting it here because this is an election year and blogs should have political crap in them, right?

Partisanship. It’s all really just about how you divide up the money. There are some idealogical disparities thrown in there, mostly (I think) for entertainment value and as a distraction.

Democrats: social services, lowest common denominator, “safety net”, give the money to the poor (and/or lazy).

Republicans: corporate incentives, loopholes, contracts, defense spending, etc.

I think welfare is rife with waste and abuse. However, welfare is chump change compared to say, the missile defense program.

It is ironic that the welfare recipients don’t even friggin’ vote. But Dem dudes do get the votes from rich whiteys who feel guilty driving to the polls in their Bimmer.

What I do find interesting, at my particular local level, is the level of corruption on the Dem side in terms of kickbacks, shady deals, doling out contracts, etc. But that may just be b/c I live in a Dem controlled city.

I guess the summary of my little pile-on here is that, for me, it’s not Rep/Dem, it’s politicians and the incentives in the system. We have what we have because that’s just the way it’s set up.

And besides, do any of you wanna be a congressman? I sure as hell don’t. The system attracts a certain kind of person, shuffles them to one side of the aisle and the incentives push them to pass laws that make things more of what they already are: welfare teat-suckers and corporate fat-bellies. And between the 2 a gigantic pile of programs and tax codes…..

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