Two days ago, I think it was, a guy named Fox appeared on the PBS program "Nightly Business Report." This guy is the editor of the Harvard Business Review and so, presumably, a candidate for an MBA degree at Harvard--and MBA types are typically quite conservative.
He said that the idea of "big government," which the Tea Party types have been complaining about so vocally, is a myth. For one thing, he said, if you disregard the increase in spending for entitlements (e.g., Social Security, Medicare) and stimulus money, government spending has actually decreased.
But (as should not surprise any thoughtful person), many people like the Tea Partiers hold their opinions with a forcefulness which is in inverse proportion to their knowledge. In other words, the less they know, the more vocal they are.
And, like all zealous believers, their minds are made up and they don't wish to be confused with the facts.
Copyright (c) 2010 by Richard Stein
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