Anyone for some pork????

[Gary]

I know what conservatism is and I have an idea where your going with this. Conservatives believe in a free market system with little gov't intervention. Their belief is that people will achieve prosperity by being left to their own devices. There. Let me see, 1 + 1 = 2. Two sentences. There. And it sounds not too bad, right? What is so harmful about that? Right?....Plenty. In a perfect world they don't sound too bad. Add in wildcards such as favoritism/nepotism (which exists and it exists bigtime) and racism, which some posters say doesn't exist, which it does, and you can see we have a kink in the link. Observe. With NO gov't intervention, we leave people alone to run the market, little if any regulation. What happens when you do this is H-1B visas are allowed into the country lowering wages and taking some control away from the workforce. More illegals arrive, further driving down wages. Family and friends thrive in this environment. Man do they thrive. There's no one checking ID's at the door. Paaaarrrrrrrrrtay! Nice salaries and bonuses and fat pensions. Oh, here comes Leroy. We'll let him in so he thinks he's one of us. We'll give him a janitor position with a neat title. Everybody make sure you go over once and greet the new hire. Now, let's find us some lobbyists to hook us up. Oh no, crap, another Leroy at the door. Find him a clerks job or something. Now, I going to send my nephew over, he's not too bright .........OH, and he has a record, he's looking for a decent job. Take care of him, he's a good kid. Man, this is the life. No regulation, no rules, nothin. Who let the gays in? We are the family values party, remember? By the way, where is my mistress? (Could that be Newt?) Darn, here comes the auditor. Get our contacts at city hall to take care of this jerk.......etc, etc. Leave people alone in this setup, this country will have problems. The basic premise sounds good. But you forgot the human element left alone in this environment w/out a system of checks and balance will be tempted by those wild cards. That is why I deviate from the norm of what is a conservative. It is a person of interest. May be friendly or hostile, regardless, be afraid. Be very afraid.