Norway Says "No Thanks."

[Neo-Scholastic]

...and then there is California...highest poverty rate in the nation. But failure will never change the mind of a leftist.

I don't understand how this can be true.  With all those wealthy multi millionaire celebrities, how can there be so much poverty.  If only the government would provide some way for the Celebrities to get their money into the hands of poor people.  Alas, since the government refuses to do this, those amazing people are forced to just buy a bunch of houses and cars and send their kids to private schools and build big gated communities to keep away the poors that might wander to far from their hovels, instead.

It's a tangent, but there's definitely a hypocrisy issue on the left.  Listening to Anderson Cooper go on about Haiti.  I heard he's sleeping in the smallest bedroom in his smallest vacation home out of solidarity.  Or Colbert complaining about CEO pay, when he makes 5 million a year, and some of the crew is likely making low 5 digits.  

One thing I always agreed with Jesus on is his rich guy and the eye of a needle bit.  Excessive wealth is immoral by almost all standards of morality.

I don't begrudge people enjoying their wealth or status. But I do agree that the sanctimonious pontificating from the affluent and celebrities and influential pundits has become annoying. It's just so much meaningless noise to me.

What does bother me is the inability of liberals to acknowledge that their policies are complete and utter failures. Chicago, where I live, is the poster child for gun crime despite tough gun laws. California now has more people living in poverty per capita than any other state in the union. That is where open borders, stifling regulation, and high taxes gets you. The analog isn't Norway, it's the failed states of Greece and Venezuela.

The leftists love Norway but structurally it is the exact opposite of the important policies advocated by the left in the USA. It is an ethnic mono-culture and stricter immigration policies than the USA. Obviously diversity and multiculturalism aren't responsible for its strength. It's wealth comes primarily from extracting non-renewable natural resources. "Norway’s major export products are gas and oil, which have an export value of more than NOK 312 billion, or 46 per cent of the country’s total exports in 2000." source: Norways State Data

Moreover the leftist accuses the Republicans of being fascists. Really? I don't know any any fascist government that ever advocated SMALLER government, LESS regulation, and LOWER taxes. It seems to me that Democratic policies, which are for bigger more intrusive government with more regulation and high punitive taxes is the more likely path for power hungry technocrats to pursue.