Juxtaposition

I was struck this morning by a one-two reality punch.

First, George Will’s column about why conservatives are happier than liberals – for the first time EVER, I agreed with the whole thing. I usually think he’s full of it, but in this case I thought he was right on – he says conservatives have lower expectations, so they are not often disappointed. Makes sense. Even his requisite FDR attack was not completely unreasonable…

But then I turned to Nick Coleman’s local column, and his reminder of why we can’t leave people – little children in particular – to their bootstraps was like a slap in my momentarily complacent face. The sate of MN has cut $61 million in child-care spending – who knew we ever spent that much in the first place?!! Imagine for a minute how many pre-schools can be run on $61 million a year… and are now closed.

I suspect that most folks would agree that being liberal with children & conservative with adults is fair – and yet policy never quite gets there.

Someday?

Read the columns:
WILL
COLEMAN