April 3, 2004

Right Principles

Left and right are political labels used more often to demean character than to illuminate public policy. Take this cogent insight from Lee at Right Thinking From the Left Coast.

It's just amusing to see Bush threatening to use his veto over something like roads when he's spent the last three years giddily pissing away taxpayer money on all kinds of non-essential government pork programs. So the government can finance farm subsidies, corporate welfare, education, prescription drug benefits for the wealthiest class of Americans, but building roads? That's pork!

You can agree with Lee, as I do, without being a right-wing conservative. Sadly, the lack of principles in American politics today transcends the blue-red divide. They're all a bunch of hacks.

 Posted by glenn

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