In Monday’s opinion page editorial supporting Suzanne Kosmas over Congressman Tom Feeney, the Daytona Beach News-Journal did a good job of delineating the difference between liberalism as favored by the News-Journal and conservatism as represented by Tom Feeney.
The News-Journal criticizes Feeney for voting against bills that extend the reach of government into our lives and pocketbooks while doing very little of a constructive nature.
Feeney’s votes are prompted by a faith in free people and free markets while the News-Journals opinions are clearly based on a faith in big government.
The Bill against pay discrimination and the bill strengthening federal regulations against tobacco are unnecessary while being burdensome while the Foreclosure Prevention Act is nothing but a counterproductive intervention in the action of the market. The News-Journal evidently thought they had merit.
Feeney voted against expanding Bush's AIDS initiative because it represents a huge expenditure on foreign economic aid. Foreign economic aid has never been constructive or beneficial.
Tom Feeney has been tireless and unbending in his struggle to keep government small and limited. He has been tireless in his struggle to promote free market solutions to problems over government solutions to problems.
The facts are clearly on Feeney’s side. The market has consistently done a better job of generating prosperity and well being than the government. In fact, the reader is challenged to come up with a government-run economic program that works really well.
On the other side of the coin, the News-Journal seems to think that Kosmas is good at helping establish government programs.
One of Suzanne Kosmas’ chief virtues appears to be a belief in universal health care. This is a concept that has been proven not to work well many times over.
Interestingly enough, the News-Journal does not point out even a single accomplishment by Kosmas inher eight years in the Florda Legislature. Not one. Surely, the News-Journal could come up with something. After all, as the News-Journal pointed out, she reached the second highest position for a Democrat in the House when she was term-limited in 2006.
So what did Kosmas really accomplish besides partisan status?
The bottom line is if you believe in big government, then vote for Kosmas. If you believe in free men and women and free markets, vote for Feeney.