Rebel Movement Takes Center Stage - WSJ.com

OBAMA AS AN EMPLOYER OF RELATIVES FIRST: Rebel Movement Takes Center Stage - WSJ.com

Somehow, watching Obama these last few days, I reminded of the employer with a good business, lots of relatives and unpaid employees.

The employer (Obama, Pelosi, et. al.) have a good business (the US economy); but, they also have lots of relatives (i.e. those on entitlements, esp. Medicare, Medicaid and other welfare programs) who don't work at all, but need money and support.

So, the employer keeps telling its employees that "sorry, I don't have any money to pay you this week!" (When in fact, everyone knows the money to pay salaries and commissions is going to the relatives who mostly don't work.)

Needless to say, the business starts to go down. The actual workers are less and less productive; and, gee, they leave for other jobs (can we say 'outsourcing' and moving plants offshore).

And, as with Obama, the employer doesn't see what the problem is - after all, relatives come first (i.e. non-producers) - they have needs. The employees (i.e. producers) just need to wait and get by on less. Isn't that more fair Obama states.

What is incredible is that he and the Democrats really believe their management of the economy is the right approach.

(Oh yes, there's a comparable story for unions.)