Liberal Hypocrisy, an International Phenomenon
22nd July 2016
American liberals trumpet a “wage gap” between men and women, notwithstanding reams of social science data demonstrating that men’s higher average earnings reflect life choices, not discrimination. White House salaries are published, so analysts have shown that Barack Obama’s own staff manifests the same “pay gap” that Obama and Hillary Clinton decry in private industry. Democrats have no response; as usual, they count on voter ignorance.
It is entertaining to see the same drama play out in the United Kingdom….
‘Progressives’ are the masters of ‘do as I say, not as I do’.
Politicians love to impose burdens, sometimes impossible burdens, on others, especially business people, but they are much more understanding when it comes to their own conduct. In 1994, Newt Gingrich and his colleagues drafted a Contract With America, a key provision of which was that Congress should live by the same laws it imposes on the rest of us. That proposal was wildly popular, given that Congress had made a regular practice of inserting an exception for itself in legislation.
Homework exercise: Look up whether Congress and its staffers have to use the same Obamacare insurance they dump on everybody else.