The Command Post - 2004 US Presidential Election

July 14, 2003

Gephardt Visits Clinton

The town, not the former President. If you've been reading this page with any frequency, you know I try to post local stump coverage, and here the Clinton, Iowa Clinton Herald offers a first-hand account of a recent visit by Gephardt.

"By 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999... things were going in the right direction," he said, adding that 23 million new jobs were created in seven years' time.

"In 24 months, he's turned everything on its head," Gephardt said of Bush.
Gephardt's major push is to extend health coverage to 97 percent of the uninsured. The plan maintains employer-based health insurance coverage that promotes efficiency through group health insurance coverage and directs the benefits of the stimulus package to America's working families, he said.

Posted by Alan at July 14, 2003 08:41 PM | TrackBack

Comments

If I hear this “working families” crap one more time, I’m going to puke. WE‘RE ALL WORKING DICK!! And those of us who work the hardest make the most money. Of course, that would be the EVIL RICH, the group you belong to by income but with whom you’d never associate yourself.

Soak ‘em Dick, but don’t forget to soak yourself while you’re at it.

The politics of envy is hard work, but he’s up to it.

Posted by: torpedo_eight at July 15, 2003 07:38 PM

All those new jobs Gephart talks about sprang up as a result of the then booming high tech industry, not because of anything Clinton or any other politicians did.
Then the high tech industry became a bear, and most of those jobs disappeared: While Slick Willie was still in office.
Where the economy was concerned, Clinton left us worse off when he left than we were when he arrived.

Posted by: Seth at July 15, 2003 11:49 PM

“those of us who work the hardest make the most money”

What planet are you on?

Ideally, working hard gets you a decent standard of living. But it ain’t guaranteed. Surely you’re not suggesting raising the minimum wage?

As for making the MOST money, certain other factors like education, intelligence, ability, luck, supply-and-demand, tax breaks, connections, investments, rich parents, career choice, etc. etc. are as important or more important than “hardest working”

Posted by: provolone at July 16, 2003 10:44 AM

Provolone:

Read The Millionaire Next Door. Two PhDs studied the habits of the richest Americans for 20 years and guess what? Not only did they have intelligence and ability, they worked at what they loved 60 to 80 hours/week. Many times their entire family worked at the same enterprise, putting in as many hours.

Rich parents, luck, tax breaks, most of them didn’t have them. They failed 3 or 4 or 8 times before they found something that worked. If you think there are tax-breaks for the self-employed, I urge you to find someone out there on their own and ask them what sweet deals Uncle Sugar’s giving them right now. I personally know 3 people who are self-employed and I wouldn’t wish the experience on anyone.

Ability, talent and innovation will only get you so far, but the one thing that united all the millionaires was HARD WORK.

On this planet, too. Amazing?

I realize there’s lots of petty jealousy, envy and ignorance out there, but you don’t have to add to it. Less than 5% of the households in this country inhert their wealth. Many are foreign-born and came here and learned English because they knew America was the one place where the sky was the limit.

This is not to imply the poor do not work hard, many do and I’m sorry to say life is not as rewarding for them as it should be. And I know it’s the American pastime to disparage the rich, or claim that it’s your wealth they’re spending, your success they stole, your dreams they dashed. But most of this is sour grapes. Hard work is ALWAYS a component of success. Tell your children.

Posted by: torpedo_eight at July 16, 2003 05:04 PM

Provolone

Get yourself a copy or two of INC magazine and read about some of the rags to riches stories behind some successful entrepreneurs. Maybe you’ll learn something about the fruits of perserverance and hard work, which figure heavily into the backgrounds of almost all the wealthy people in America today.

Posted by: Seth at July 16, 2003 11:21 PM

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