Welcome to Matters of Principle, Senator Gary Hart’s personal blog. More content is coming soon, so please visit the blog section of the site to see the most recent posts. Thanks for dropping by.
Senator-it is good to see this site up and running. Here is hoping that this site will become an intelligent forum for discussion of many of the key issues facing America today, something sorely needed.
Gary – Glad you’ve found a new medium to contribute your insights – especially pleased with the emphasis on civil discourse – will look forward to your posts.
I’ve decided to dip my toe into the blog world — this being my first blog to participate in. I’m glad you are trying this out. I guess it’s like the digital “Center for a New Democracy!”
“There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you just legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, that their prosperity will leak through on those below.”
This is from William Jennings Bryan 1896 “Cross of Gold” speech, see http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5354/. In light of which, and also http://www.huffingtonpost.com/les-leopold/the-forbes-400-shows-why_b_306228.html
I would be very interested to know what Senator Hart might propose to reverse this failed policy. And why can’t/won’t Democrats/Progressives repudiate this policy simply by articulating that “trickle down” is fundamentally flawed for the same reason as Socialism: people are inherently greedy.
September 21st, 2009 at 9:33 am
Gary,
Congratulations on starting this publication. I look forward to your insights. Brian Ross
September 21st, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Senator-it is good to see this site up and running. Here is hoping that this site will become an intelligent forum for discussion of many of the key issues facing America today, something sorely needed.
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Gary – Glad you’ve found a new medium to contribute your insights – especially pleased with the emphasis on civil discourse – will look forward to your posts.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I’ve decided to dip my toe into the blog world — this being my first blog to participate in. I’m glad you are trying this out. I guess it’s like the digital “Center for a New Democracy!”
October 7th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
“There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you just legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, that their prosperity will leak through on those below.”
This is from William Jennings Bryan 1896 “Cross of Gold” speech, see http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5354/. In light of which, and also http://www.huffingtonpost.com/les-leopold/the-forbes-400-shows-why_b_306228.html
I would be very interested to know what Senator Hart might propose to reverse this failed policy. And why can’t/won’t Democrats/Progressives repudiate this policy simply by articulating that “trickle down” is fundamentally flawed for the same reason as Socialism: people are inherently greedy.