'Ebola Is a Great Argument for Big Government'
Former Obama
official and CNN "Crossfire" host Van Jones says there's no reason to
let a good crisis go to waste. Specifically, Ebola. "We can't let the
Republicans get away with some of the stuff they're doing this week, just
trying to bash Obama," Jones said. "Hey, you know, government is
always your enemy until you need a friend. This Ebola thing is the best
argument you can make for the kind of government that we believe in."
Jones inadvertently admitted an important distinction between conservatives and
liberals. The former think government, properly defined and constrained by the
Constitution, is, as Thomas Paine called it, "a necessary evil."
Liberals simply "believe in" government, and the bigger the better.
It's practically religious. And it might be as dangerous as Ebola.
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