Peter Bromberg's UnBlog

Recently Townhall had an excellent article on this subject .  Liberals love to bring out the theory of “income inequality” to address every perceived problem in our culture – whether it’s global warming,  breast cancer,  riots in Sweden, France, or the disappearance of the arctic ice shelf – it’s “income inequality” that is the culprit. To sum it up: 1)  Income Inequality is “settled” science. 2)  The world will end if we don’t address it. 3)  Rich people and government types- our betters- agree on this. 4)  We must do something about it immediately. Sound familiar? There’s a problem though. Much of the hype about income inequality in the Western world is more about the changing dynamics of society and the make-up of households than it is about income. The Pew Trust recently released a report that shows that one of the prime movers behind income inequality isn’t income at all, but the growing number of single mother household, which have rocketed ...

I grew up in a middle-class Jewish (but not religious) family where most everyone was - surprise - a Democrat, and voted Democratic. As I was growing up and into my teens and early 20's nobody really talked much about politics. It was basically, XYZ president or politician promised me this, and and I like him/her and I'm going to vote for him. Little if any critical independent thinking was devoted to "how" Mr. XYZ intended to PAY for whatever he promised. In my 20's I decided I needed to broaden my horizons, and traveled to Israel to live on a Kibbutz for about a year. I had a great time. I also worked hard (you HAVE to work on a kibbutz, period!). But I also learned that the kibbutz mentality is very socialistic, and not quite as capitalistic as many may think. I also learned a lot about the Jewish culture, morality, and history and how Christians and Jews are "joined at the hip". After all, Jesus Christ was born - and lived - a Jew. S...