Creekside News Journal™

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Progressives believe we’re all in it together, while conservatives say we’re all on our own and we’re all out for ourselves. Progressives think government has to do the things markets can’t do — and when it does them, it ought to do them well. Conservatives are so blinded by their antigovernment ideology that when they get hold of government they turn it into a corroded mess of cronyism, corruption, and incompetence, a dilapidated whorehouse where the plumbing doesn’t work, the paint is peeling off the walls, and everything is for sale. It’s time for prominent Democrats, the ones who have the power to get on the evening news, to talk in explicit terms about the consequences of the conservative antigovernment philosophy and what it says about the people who advocate it. Conservatives are the people who degrade government to the point that it cannot effectively maintain our roads and bridges. Conservatives are the people who turn over our defense budget to corrupt contractors who steal the money that ought to go to our troops. Conservatives are the people who won’t let poor kids have health insurance.