Cal Thomas, one of the most widely
syndicated and read columnists in the United States, spoke at the Spring Dinner
of the Berks County Republican Committee, in which I was in attendance.
The
conservative columnist noted the cloud of scandal currently overhanging the
Obama Administration. Although Thomas
was encouraged that the liberal media was finally holding President Barack
Obama accountable, he noted that the problems facing the United States
went far beyond the scandals. Accordingly,
the main part of Thomas’ speech was his advice to fellow conservatives on how
to turn the direction of the country around by winning more elections, pass
more of their policies and improve their country.
One way was
to differentiate better our beliefs on the free market. Thomas
provided a simple explanation for the difference between liberals and
conservatives on wealth. Whereas
liberals believe that wealth is like a pie and if one has a larger piece, then
the rest have a smaller one, he wants to give everyone the recipe to make their
own pies. Thomas, cited Calvin Coolidge,
who observed that it is not possible to make the poor wealthier by making the
wealthy poorer. Now, however, government
policies subsidize the poor, which only incentivizes them to remain in poverty.
The popular
columnist and author of his recently-published fourth book feels alienated by a
world that is in moral decline, part of which he attributed to liberal indoctrination through the public schools. Thomas
noted that traditional values are based upon common sense, are time-tested and that they work. He urged conservatives to
promote them.
Thomas encouraged methods to teach
people basic skills on obtaining and maintaining employment, for example. He encouraged conservatives to get minorities
to share their success stories. Successful
minorities should be promoted, both as examples, and as candidates for
political office.
Indeed, we conservatives should
promote virtue and traditional values, both by word and deed.
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