General
Would you, could you, vote McCain?
No Michelle, I would not, could not vote for McCain. I would not vote for him in a plane, I would not vote for him on a train.
And this is only one of the many, many reasons.
In his latest attack on the free market and what appears to be a calculated political move to appeal to Michigan voters, John McCain wants to create a new welfare program for manufacturing workers.
According to the Detroit Free Press, Senator McCain announced yesterday a plan to use federal dollars to make up the salary difference for workers who lose manufacturing jobs and are forced to accept lower-paying jobs until they find new careers.
This is exactly the kind of plan you expect to hear from the Democratic candidates, not an alleged economic conservative, The government should not be in the business of guaranteeing wages. In a dynamic economy, wage and employment changes are inevitable and part of the normal process of economic growth and technological innovation.
In addition, McCain’s welfare program has the potential to unleash a series of perverse incentives, the worst of which is the disincentive to learn new skills and assume challenging new career paths. Why make an effort to learn new skills and take on a challenge when John McCain will make taxpayers pay your former wage for even a minimum wage job? The program also has the potential to be exorbitantly expensive as many workers opt to settle for low-paying jobs so long as McCain doles out taxpayer subsidies.
This is the latest evidence that John McCain doesn’t appreciate the normal dynamics of a healthy economy and lacks confidence in the ability of workers to forge a successful new career without government handouts.
Keep in mind, that’s Pat Toomey of the CfG, but if they can brand Huckabee as a non-conservative, Righty bloggers should admit that it’s good enough for McCain as well.
Discussion
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I absolutely can, could, would, and will vote McCain in every poll possible.
McCain should be Secretary of Defense in a Thompson Administration. But he should never be President. I will vote for Fred in my state’s primary, and I will vote for the Republican in the general, even if it’s McCain.
I was starting to shift to McCain even though it would break my vow to never vote for a senator.
Your post has me back to following my initial vow.