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Pelosi & Himes: Costly Redistribution At Home, Risky Appeasement Abroad

Himes hopes that voters will ignore his record of uncritical allegiance to this congressional leadership. This is a record of radical redistribution at home – punishing success while subsidizing failure. Himes cares little that his district has made out poorly under his command-and-control policies. This is a record of appeasement abroad – a friend to America’s enemies and an enemy to America’s friends. Himes cares little that his district is vulnerable when our allies are abandoned and enemies emboldened.

It is a tough time to be an American taxpayer or ally. While Himes’ policies have been risky and wasteful, there is a certain perverse logic to the incumbent’s designs – underlying redistribution and appeasement is Himes faith in unlimited government, the concept that Himes can do whatever he wants and that there is nothing that anyone can do about it. Himes believes that confiscatory tax rates do not crush economic growth. Himes believes that subsidizing failure does not buy us more failure. Himes believes that selling out allies does not leave us with weaker alliances. Himes believes that coddling enemies does not embolden those enemies. The Pelosi/Himes experiment is based on the hope that we can change human nature to conform to their public policy goals. Their good intentions will outweigh rational self-interest of participants in the marketplace and the explicit goals of our friends and enemies abroad. They clearly believe in themselves, despite history, logic, and growing evidence that their experiment is failing.

Pelosi and Himes will spend any amount of your money to prove that they can defeat human nature. The 20th century is littered with the carnage of such attempts. We have an opportunity to learn from their mistakes instead of repeating them. On November 2nd, we can vote Himes out of office and put Washington on a new path, one that respects the values of common sense, free enterprise, and individual liberty.