Saturday, September 13, 2014

Improving "Civilization As We Know It"

The Daily Caller reports House Minority Leader and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, on Real Time with Bill Maher:
Civilization as we know it today would be in jeopardy if the Republicans win the Senate.
Reading this I had three thoughts in quick succession. Thought one: (chuckle) that's stupid. Thought two: what's in jeopardy is your Democratic program, including Obamacare.

Thought three: maybe she's right. Maybe a Republican-controlled Congress can improve upon "civilization as we know it today" by eliminating many Democrat-initiated, means-tested transfer payments.

Such action would definitely imperil the status quo ante. It would substitute a status quo futures in which we stop subsidizing idleness and renew the incentive to find and keep employment. Even if it isn't the job of one's dreams.