tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588709444841156892.post8023467061829278797..comments2023-09-27T05:07:57.139-04:00Comments on The Dismal Political Economist: The Erie Canal, The Coming Fiscal Crisis and Other Thoughts in the Late August HeatDavid Ricardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03733100135827552933noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588709444841156892.post-86669167019530181282013-08-26T09:22:35.322-04:002013-08-26T09:22:35.322-04:00Right-wing talk radio embodies the cognitive disso...Right-wing talk radio embodies the cognitive dissonance of Conservatism. It is an ideology based on the past being better than the present, of trying to recapture a Golden Age. To believe that, one has to embrace the worst aspects of the past - which boil down to inequality and social immobility - and deride efforts to ameliorate them.Rich Mahoganyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078545531672950308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588709444841156892.post-5116414866897975732013-08-26T09:18:42.566-04:002013-08-26T09:18:42.566-04:00I live near the Erie Canal and my family took a wa...I live near the Erie Canal and my family took a walk down it yesterday. While the Canal is not a major commercial route anymore, government spending has maintained it as a tourist attraction, which has grown business and improved the local economy up and down its course. I can only shake my head at the willful ignorance shown by conservatives who would let public projects like the Canal wither and die, to the detriment of many.Rich Mahoganyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078545531672950308noreply@blogger.com