Wednesday, July 24, 2002

And now for the other side, by guest conservative commentator Snotglass:


Our President, George W. Bush, has been waging war against the evil forces of foreign terrorism that attacked us on September 11th. Under his leadership and despite the desperate hand-wringing of the socialist left, the war has progressed well, with victories that bring us within measureable distance of its end.

Economically, the President has enacted bold policies to end the excesses of the Clinton administration. Research conducted by the prestigiuos Robert Vesco School of Business Ethics at the American Enterprise Institute has conclusively demonstrated that the recent business scandals are directly attributable to the immoral permissiveness of the Clinton years. Noted economist Jonah Goldberg has also released findings that indicate poor Presidential leadership impacts directly on marketperformance.

Many uninformed Marxist liberal ideologues have criticized SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt's recent request for additional compensation. Unfortunately, this criticism is unsound and merely a typical liberal knee-jerk reaction to market economics. Government service must be made financially attractive in order to obtain top-flight talent from the private sector. Chairman Pitt has the unique mission to downsize a wasteful governemnt bureaucracy, and he should be rewarded by passing the savings realized into his personal compensation package.

This is the time-tested executive compensation model that has proven itself effective in the private sector, and it should be adopted by Federal government. You liberals should support our fine publc servants.