Ground Zero

Again, let us visit that which plagues this nation - a crawling economy. Is there a ground zero, a heart to the darkness? Of course there is, and it's easy for all of us to understand. The tough part is accepting responsibility, the baggage of the left.

A gracious partner in debate is our nurseryman friend. His business could not be more discretionary. Thus, it is suffering. When we delicately pointed to the cause he instead blamed it on, naturally, Bush and the banks. But this is an impossibility; the two are not related.

We have featured quote after quote from business leaders answering the question - Why are you not hiring? Their answers share a thread AND IT IS NOT LACK OF DEMAND; it is the perceived burdens to be placed on them by BO. Easy. Yet our friend can’t admit it, or at least won’t, even if he heard it, and he did, from the horses mouth. He cannot bring himself to admit that he voted for an extremist.

Patience. OK, let’s try again.

We have another friend who with his family owns a large employment company in Marin. His told us last week that his business is booming - not for full time, but for temps. Know why? Right. Temp workers don’t get health insurance or other benefits and as Tom Sowell reminds us, “working existing employees overtime doesn’t add to the cost of their benefits.”

Businessmen are not fools. They might have a ton of cash on hand, and most do, but they’re not about to spend any of that on full time help. Businesses don’t know what to expect from BO, who seldom lets a day go by without some new anti-business law or policy.

So you may wonder why things are still slow. But you now have the answer. Why is it necessary to put down 2500 words when a few will do? For those who tell you, “No, it is just not that simple,” recall the old maxim, that complexity provides the last refuge for the scoundrel. In this case, that’s the left.

Robert Craven