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(1) Their collective assumption that every person’s value to their nation is measured solely and completely by their salary–when in fact, that only measures one’s direct value to one’s employer. And even that is determined by an imperfect economic system that is great at measuring direct, immediate financial returns–which I’m not pooh-poohing–but not so good at determining the value of a patient nurse, a thoughtful teacher, a scrappy journalist, or a talented artist.
(3) Their collective ignorance/amnesia about the realities of the federal bud-get, in which a vast majority of expen-ditures (something like three-quarters the last time I checked) go toward FIVE items: defense, social security, medicare, medicaid, and interest on the national debt. Surely conservatives wouldn’t favor cutting back defense, and who among us thinks that any of the big-three entitlement programs will be reworked in a way that saves significantly? As for the interest, on
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