Just your friendly neighborhood socialist checking in

Hey everyone,

I'm a friend of Son's from Andover. I'm also the guy who posted that jobs graph which Son pulled from Facebook that seems to have started this whole internet conflict. Good times!

I haven't read any of the prior comments yet, so I'll catch up on the family drama after I post this, but I wanted to stir up the H2O a little with this article:

http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/13/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm

While G.W. Bush (a P.A. alum!) DID start the bank bailout, which might be credited for the recovery that Obama pushed along, he also massively drove up the war debt and initiated the $1 trillion prescription drugs for seniors plan, and continued Clinton's decidedly "liberal" "housing for all" policy that led to the subprime crisis.

The same Clinton who, of course, repealed Glass-Steagall.

Because of these two guys, I have no idea if I'm a Democrat or a Republican!

As for my qualifications to talk turkey: they are meager, but there was an economics professor at Andover, Dr. Strudwick, who was certainly the best economics teacher I have ever had....by a long shot. He taught me about the New Deal, corporate welfare/socialism, why the lottery is really a tax on poor people, how paying people to dig ditches and fill them up again effects the economy, and so many other things that I feel I could do a credible (but very poor) job as Fed Chief or Treasury Secretary. I at least know the forest from the trees! Andover was a fantastic education, and college and grad school were such anti-climactic letdowns that I am going to make my kids justify going to either before I spend a dime on them. At least if they have the privilege of attending Andover first.

I would be rude if I didn't end this post by thanking "Father" for graciously letting us use his property in western New Jersey for an Andover graduation party which was as fun as parties get. Do I remember most of it? Not really......and that's what made it so fun.

Thanks for letting me in on this debate!

-WFM

P.S., I am back to being an official resident of The Jerz Dawg (as I call N.J. these days), so if any of you are around, we can put up fisticuffs when things get heated.