THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS

I have a sign over my desk which says, “I’m not arguing with you. I’m just explaining why I am right.” That is basically the motto of any opinion writer. Most would say that my opinions are from the right side of the political spectrum. I would agree with that assessment because in my view the opposite of right is wrong, so why wouldn’t I think that way?

As we enter this political season preparing for the 2020 Presidential election, we see a lot of wrong political opinions. So far there is a huge bunch of Democrats out there who believe they are the best people for the job of President. This column is in no way an argument against any of them. It will instead be an explanation of why I am right to oppose any and all of them.

So far, without identifying any one of them in particular, as a group they seem to be offering the following, legalized marijuana, free medical care for everybody, free college for everybody, termination of ICE, opening the borders of this country to anybody from anywhere, getting rid of police officers, and greatly curtailing our military. Then there is their “green new deal”. That calls for the elimination of air travel, the use of any fossil fuels, and the elimination of methane producing animals including cattle and laying hens, and paying people not to work. Then we could all just sit around in their socialist paradise, unemployed, getting stoned, and be taken care of for the rest of our lives while eating fresh salads or just grazing in the nearby fields. Oh, don’t worry about how we are going to pay for all this. After all we are the richest country in the world and we can afford it.

Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but, what happens when the money runs out? Much of the country’s “wealth” is in the form of profitable companies and their real estate holdings. If no one is working or producing anything, where are our goods going to come from? Why would real estate be of value if there are no buyers? In other words, in this new socialist “paradise” all of the wealth would disappear. And guess what. While it is great to have a dollar bill in your pocket, I don’t think you would enjoy eating it. Somebody has to produce the food we eat and the clothes we wear. Someone has to build the dwellings in which we live. And this one thought. How would you like to go to a doctor who is forced by the government to practice medicine but is paid the same as a field laborer? Somehow I don’t think his heart would be in it.

The point of all this is simple. It is past time we confronted the morons who spew out this nonsense and call it “fundamentally changing our way of living.”  They need to be publicly ridiculed for the idiots they are.

America is indeed the shining mansion on the hill and has been since our beginning. Why do you think the rest of the world is trying to escape their cesspool countries to come here? Yes we are wealthy, but how do you think that happened? It is because of our traditions. It is because we have always rewarded exceptionalism. We have always recognized and rewarded talent. Historically we have turned out entrepreneurs willing to take chances with their ideas. The good ones have produced the wealth that the left now seems determined to confiscate.

Again, as the bearer of bad news I gotta tell you, it ain’t gonna happen. Unless the Democrat party gets a handle on this bunch of candidates, the whole party is in serious danger of disappearing from the face of the earth. Oh, and I’ll be over here eating a big, rare, steak with eggs.

Ron Scarbro