Dr. Reich Stirs up some Hornets
I’ve been following Dr. Reich’s blog ever since I discovered it during the primary season. He was Labor Secretary during the Clinton administration, and I recall not always agreeing with him at the time, though I don’t recall the details. In any case, from the time when TARP was passed through the auto industry bailout, and now in specific testimony and writing regarding the stimulus package, I have to say that I have found him extremely thoughtful and constructive.
Thus it’s interesting to note that no less (or greater!) a trio than Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh have misconstrued some of his testimony to congress, and of course have begun yelling about it. (Media Matters reports on it, HT to Robert Reich.)
Of course, there is a group of people, fortunately small I think, who believe that every attempt to be inclusive is automatically an attack on white men. As a white man myself, I repudiate such notions. I believe that each of us is made better as society becomes more inclusive and that the expansion of the economy in size, in creativity, in competition, and in diversity is well worth any temporary displacement.
Dr. Reich is merely asking that we make sure that the jobs created by the stimulus go to a broad range of people–an admirable goal. In any case, his suggestions are serious enough to merit careful and substantial debate, not a mauling by shallow political entertainers.
I know, what fantasy land to I [want to] live in?
As a fellow white male, I agree! By the way, I finally fulfilled my promise to review Hushbeck’s Christianity and Secularism over on my blog. Just thought I’d let you know.
Appreciate the review–really, even though it was negative. I’ll link to it from a couple of appropriate places later today.
For those interested, you can find the review here.
Do you know what happened to the comments at Reich’s blog?
I don’t know for sure, but when I read the post they had been filled with four letter words from the folks on the “high moral ground” (in their own view), and thus were at about an X rating. I would be unsurprised if he shut them off to clean up.