HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Liberals say what’s fair can work; conservatives know that what liberals think is fair is not what works. So much for finding common ground. This Thanksgiving let’s give thanks to the failure of the liberal idea of income re-distribution. Let’s explore the economic concept of negative and positive incentives - whatever they represent. At turkey time or on the day of the "pectorally distorted creature" as described by a pretentious liberal, let’s contrast soft power with hard power in an area other than foreign policy.

Alex Rodriguez is finalizing a 10-year deal with the Yankees which could reach 275 million dollars over its duration. That would represent a high-water mark for any professional sports figure, almost a whole franchise. How can this blatant inequality of income be justified? My one son earns $7.00 at a factory job; my son-in-law pulled down $100 an hour at GM. A more important question is probably, why is this supposed injustice allowed? The answer to both, of course, it’s America, the land of defiant individualism and capitalism.

Let’s give thanks for beaconists like Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh and myself who still see America as an light of inspiration to peoples who hope that they can be the best they can be while at the same time have it all. Or something like it.