Do We Really want These Guys in Charge?

The goal of the Progressives is to expand government's reach as far as possible. Since President Obama's inauguration, the government has expanded its influence on health care and finance with further expansions being pushed. The President took upon himself the power to reorganize General Motors and Chrysler and to set salary limits for top bank employees.

The justification for this is that the government is somehow better at running things than private industry. Let's look at the people we are putting in charge of an increasing portion of the economy.

There is the late John Murtha, known as the king of pork. Among other things, he personally arranged for a major expansion of his district's airport, spending millions on an airport that only has a few commercial flights per week.

There is William Jefferson who tried to hide thousands of dollars in his freezer and was sentenced to 13 years for political corruption.

There is Rod Blagojevich who tried to sell the Senate seat that Barack Obama vacated and Roland Burris who he appointed during impeachment proceedings.

There is Eric Massa, who began harassing his male interns almost as soon as he was elected and who was often so drunk by the end of the day that he could not tell his staff where to pick him up.

Then there are all of the Obama appointees who were underpaying their taxes.

I could go on like this for some time. Everyone I named is a Democrat but the Republicans had major ethics problems when they were in charge.

Now, ask yourself, how much control over your life do want to give to these people?