When the only tool you have is a hammer….

Rob Waterson — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:28:40 +0000

When the only tool that you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail. That analogy applies perfectly to statist ideologues like Barack Obama. This graph from a J.P. Morgan research report (hat tip: The American) does a good job of visually explaining why our naive, government-loving president seems to have no clue how the private sector (i.e. the Real World) works:

My 15 year old son walked up behind me and immediately pointed out what you have likely noticed as well. In the post-war years there is a marked difference between Democrat and Republican presidents in terms of where they seek out the people to fill cabinet positions. Kennedy, Carter, Clinton, and Obama clearly sought out statists with very little private sector experience to fill their appointments. With obvious results.

Sure, Clinton was not as disastrous as the others, but contrary to conventional wisdom it was because the Republicans in congress forced him to triangulate and move away from his leftist ideology. If only Barack Obama had that same political sense… but he remains a freedom-loathing ideologue.

That is definitely “change”.

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When the only tool you have is a hammer….