Florida billionaire Jeff Greene is running for Senate. The Harvard graduate wants to run as an average man. He claims to be an independent thinker. The only thing he’s accomplished so far is a drinking game. Drink every time Green says “career politician” or “outsider” in the video below:
In order to learn more about Jeff Greene I went to his website. His seven-minute video literally says nothing about what he wants to do. Greene’s facts page is hilarious. On the facts page we learn that Mike Tyson was the best man at his wedding. Yes, that Mike Tyson. In the next paragraph we learn that Greene had a relationship with Heidi Fleiss,
What was your relationship with Heidi Fleiss? Did she really live with you?
After Ms. Fleiss was a victim herself of domestic violence, she came to me and asked if she could stay in an extra guest room in a house I owned. Of course, I allowed her to stay. Subsequently, she rented some commercial space from a company in which I was involved for a retail store. As I have said before, I believe in redemption, I try to help people when they are down, and I haven’t lived my life looking over my shoulder in case I run for office some day.
I guess that clears that one up. So far I think Greene would fit pretty well in Washington. I scoured the site and there’s literally nothing of value to read. Ten minutes ago I didn’t know anything about the candidate other than he has a goofy looking commercial. Thanks to Greene’s website I now know he’s probably unfit to serve as Florida’s official dog catcher. Wait… Greene has a plan for the economy!
Our economy needs a bold, diverse set of policies that stimulate the economy, encourage hiring, facilitate small business growth and development, and strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit that has made this country great and made us a beacon for the world.
What is it you ask? What is the plan of this independent thinker? He wants to spend more money on research and infrastructure. Plus, he wants to extend unemployment benefits even further than two years. These aren’t independent ideas. This is the platform of the Democratic party. The United States is so awesome even someone like Jeff Greene, who has no understanding of economics or even prostitution, can make it in this country. Please stick to real estate, Mr. Greene.
Doctor Zero over at Hot Air has written a post entitled “Representation Without Taxation.” He discusses the problems of having an electorate where half the people don’t pay income taxes. I look at this situation as a little less sinister. The reason people vote for the entitlement state isn’t because they’re voting in their best interest. I’m sure some may vote that way, but research suggests otherwise. I touched on this subject briefly a few years ago reviewing Bryan Caplan’s book The Myth of the Rational Voter.
The reason democracies do not work isn’t because people vote for their self interests (he [Bryan Caplan] debunks that idea), but because people are too uninformed to make the correct decision. A citizen may vote for a candidate because he/she is in favor of price controls. The voter thinks price controls are for the best of the country; however, it’s bad for everyone.
The real problem here is voter ignorance and I don’t think it can be solved. The Founding Fathers created our Republic in such a way that the voters didn’t have direct control. The original constitution only allowed direct election of the House of Representatives. The Senate and the President were supposed to be chosen by elected leaders or electors who were better educated about the issues.
It's okay that the typical voter is too ignorant to understand why the minimum wage law hurts low income earners. Our elected officials however, shouldn't indulge the ignorance.
Slowly but surely direct democracy has eaten away at our elected leadership. Political parties now keep finding new things to scare their ignorant constituents into supporting. Senators used to yield to the will of their state legislators, now they’re elected in a mob rule fashion every six years. Voters should be electing the most educated and qualified candidates available. Instead we get movie stars, car dealers, social workers, professional athletes, and career students who run for office. Obviously, some of these people actually understand economics, but the majority doesn’t get it.
I am of the opinion that our Republic has moved “progressively” too far to a direct democracy. However, the cat is already out of the bag.
Come January 2011 it’s increasingly likely that Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid will no longer be employed. That makes the video below all the more strange.
Is this a justification for the jobs bill or a cry for help? It’s a fairly strong indication that the bill being debated in Congress is worthless when abuse is used for justification. All this time I thought we could blame domestic abuse on the Jews living in Israel
Tomorrow the state of Massachusetts is set to replace the late Senator Kennedy. The current political climate is so toxic for Democrats there’s a chance that Republican Scott Brown could win. Obviously, the Democrat Martha Coakley has run a terrible campaign, but it shouldn’t matter in a state as liberal as Massachusetts.
Here are a couple of questions from a recent poll that I found shocking.
Q15 Do you think that Congressional Democrats are too liberal, too conservative, or about right?
Too Liberal……………………………………………… 53%
Too Conservative…………………………………….. 14%
About Right …………………………………………….. 33%
Q16 Do you think that Congressional Republicans are too liberal, too conservative, or about right?
Too Liberal……………………………………………… 12%
Too Conservative…………………………………….. 53%
About Right …………………………………………….. 35%
53% of people in Massachusetts think the Congress is too liberal? This is a pretty grim scenario shaping up in November. Call me pessimistic but I just can’t imagine Coakley losing tomorrow. My guess is that there’s an enthusiasm bias in the polls. Democrats aren’t excited and are embarrassed for supporting a horrible candidate simply because there’s a (D) next to the name.
Maybe I’m wrong, but when the leader of the Democrats in the House says, “Let’s remove all doubt, we will have health care — one way or another,” they’ve gone past the point of no return. The Democrats ignored real reform and are hellbent on taking over 1/6 of the economy.
This is what happens when clowns are elected for Senate. Whatever happened to the era of transparency and bipartisanship?
Thanks to Senator Bill Nelson, three counties in Florida are exempt from Medicare cuts in the Senate health care bill. Democrats have insisted that the $500 billion in cuts to Medicare won’t cut anyone’s benefits. It kind of hurts their argument when Florida’s Democratic Senator is making exceptions.
John McCain tried to get an amendment passed that would have given that exemption to every county in the US. Democrats killed it, of course. Turns out there are two Americas. There’s one to which Democrats pander, and there’s the other that gets stuck with the bill.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote my Senator to vote no on this massive government takeover. The Senator’s office sent me an email back basically saying that this bill is better than doing nothing. It’s amazing that idiotic logic like that is being used by our leadership. Anyway, Nelson’s email touched on Medicare exceptions.
Among the improvements I added to the bill in the Finance Committee is a provision that would preserve benefits for an estimated 800,000 Medicare Advantage enrollees in Florida and another provision that would protect tax benefits for seniors who have high medical expenses. I am happy that these provisions are included in Senator Reid’s bill as well.
Democrats are simply lying about Medicare. If they were confident benefits weren’t going to be cut Nelson wouldn’t be offering this amendment. Former presidential candidate and ambulance chaser John Edwards used to talk about “two Americas.” Well, welcome to the new America. One side pays for the Medicare cuts and one side is exempt. Not that I really need to point this out, but the three Florida counties (Palm Beach, Dade, and Broward) that are exempt are heavily Democratic. Change has come America. It’s an ACORN nation.
When Republicans tried to reign in the growth of Medicare every lying Democrat in Washington called it a “cut.” The mainstream press covered this despicable talking point. With this current health care bill the Democrats are raping the program. This is hilarious because Medicare is broken beyond repair and yet these morons are holding it up as a shining example of success. Why isn’t a “true cut” being reported? The past five years I’ve given away approximately $15,000 of my income to Social Security and Medicare. Two programs that I’ll never see a dime for in return. If Americans ever figure out how much money their giving these clowns it could get ugly.
I have an idea. If the government ordered me to donate $5,000 every five years to community organizations. Those organizations would take care of disadvantaged people much more effectively than any government bureaucracy. Everyone would be better off. I’d have more money to save, spend, or invest and local organization would do a better job.
You know there’s pork on the table when Senator Tom Harkin is in the picture. How much does it cost to buy the vote of Senator Mary Landrieu? For a cool $100 million Landrieu was bribed to move forward with debate.
Tom Harkin loves communists
One would hope that there would be real debate about this issue. Democrats have ignored real reform from the beginning. It’s easier to characterize the opposition’s position as “hurry up and die.” Welcome to transparent government. Where the House and the Senate debate bills no one has read on Saturday when no one is watching. Thanks President Obama. Thanks for never taking the lead on this issue. Thanks for never submitting a plan, lying about the opposition, and letting the crazies in Congress derail this whole issue.
George Orwell, in his seminal novel Animal Farm, floated the proposition that “some animals are more equal than others.” And nowhere is this more obvious than in the dawning of the new era we call the Obama administration and its approach to the economy and certain sectors of it, such as the auto industry and health care.
In our current version of Animal Farm, the fox has been given complete jurisdiction over the hen house. Occasionally, the farmer asks the fox about the alarming number of hens turning up dead in the henhouse.
Though covered in feathers and blood, the fox insists it’s an inside job; the hens are turning on each other, causing hen house mayhem that the fox insists can only be staunched if the farmer would give him more authority.
The farmer relents and the fox then turns over control of the pigpen to the coyote, while the wolf is in charge of the sheep. The hapless pigs, sheep, and hens, meanwhile, wonder why the farmer is so sheepish. Spies are sent to the farmhouse to gain some insight into the farmer’s easy acquiescence.
Peering into the farmer’s window, it all becomes clear. The farmer is asleep in his recliner, iPod in hand, with Family Guy blaring in the background on the television. The surprise gifts given by the fox to the farmer of a hand-held constant Internet connection and a satellite dish have had their desired effect. The pony keg provided by the wolf didn’t hurt either.
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