The Unconscious Left...

Nancy Pelosi has been making some wild statements lately. Like Democrats need to take the opportunity during the Spring Recess to "sell" the new Health Insurance Law to their constituents, or that we needed to pass the bill before we can know what's in it.

The smiles and high fives the Democrats have been giving each other after the passage, and signing of this bill into law has been infuriating to many of us.

All during the process of crafting this law, she and others in the Democrat party have been lying to us. What makes me sad is that she's probably lying to herself and thinking she's doing a good thing.

The thing I notice among the left is that they have no ability to question themselves, and no critical thinking skills. Like children, they suffer from stage one thinking. They want to do what gives them a good feeling in the moment, and they think good intentions equal a good result.

In the end, they lack maturity and good judgment. And the rest of us in the nation suffer for it.

"Stage One Thinking" is a term coined by Thomas Sowell in his book Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One. What Stage One Thinking is, is making decisions based on immediate gratification without regard to the consequences of the decision. Assuming that the economy is a "Zero Sum Game" (meaning that it's fixed, and changes in tax rates or spending policies only shift around a fixed amount of capital. Rather than causing the total amount of capital to shrink or grow), is an example of Stage One Thinking.

Children employ Stage One Thinking because they have not yet acquired experience. I certainly thought this way until my early 30's. Graduating from this mode of thought took a lot of painful life lessons, and a lot more introspection.

During the mid 2000's, the Left in the media and in politics decried President Bush for never admitting mistakes. I was floored by the irony of that statement because you can never get a Democrat to admit to the failures of their programs.

Trillions of dollars thrown at the poor in welfare programs, and we have about the same level of poverty as before. Medicare and Social Security on the verge of collapse. Cities and states all over our great country run into the ground by Democrat leadership (New Orleans, Detroit, Philadelphia, New Jersey and California being examples.)

Republican crafted Welfare reform, which the Democrats opposed took many thousands of people off the welfare rolls and gave them better lives, self worth, and jobs.

The Left isn't introspective. They believe good intentions are all that's needed. And we all know the quote about "Good Intentions."

Without introspection and evaluation, how can one create good results? It's like building a Christmas Toy without the instructions and blindfolded. I don't know what's going to result from that method, but it won't look like a bicycle or a dollhouse.

"In the main it is not by introspection but by reflecting on our living in common with others that we come to know ourselves. What is revealed? It is an original creation. Freely the subject makes himself what he is, never in this life is the making finished, always it is in process, always it is a precarious achievement that can slip and fall and shatter." -- Bernard Lonergran

Introspection and self-evaluation has to be a constant process. Especially for those in positions of responsibility. Guaranteeing good results has to be the priority of anyone offering to help others.

In fooling themselves, the Democrats not only harm themselves... they are a menace to our country. Good intentions do indeed pave the road to hell, and the Democrats are forcing the entire country to walk down that road, kicking and screaming the whole way.