[mlo]

A thoughtful liberal, a nice rarity.

What vested interest do we Democrats have in a program that doesn't work? None.

When he figures out this isn't true, he'll stop being a Democrat.

[parsifal]

". I even began to question whether I still believed in income redistribution, affirmative action, and gun control. "

I hope he hasn't stopped questioning his/herself. parsy.

[Monitor]

What vested interest do we Democrats have in a program that doesn't work? None.

When he figures out this isn't true, he'll stop being a Democrat.

Exactly. The 'program' may not work at achieving it's 'stated' goal, but it does employ lots of Democrat voting, union dues paying liberals, which is it's 'unstated' goal.

[stands2reason]

Exactly. Doesn't he know these programs don't have to work, they just have to employ enough unionized workers to vote Dem?

[Ditto]

What vested interest do we Democrats have in a program that doesn't work? None.

Wrong. It's called power, money, and patronage, through the perpetual dependence and suffering of a sufficient number of people. The "lib" who wrote that line has the key in the lock, he just needs the guts to turn the knob and look into the ugly and morally corrupt world that the Democrat party has become. Many others have done it and perhaps the bitch slapping he took from the poverty pimps for his minor deviation from the party line will inspire him to take a closer look.