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You may have noticed the section on the right called "McCotter's Corner." Thaddeus McCotter is a U.S. Representative from Livonia, Michigan. He is not my district's representative. So why do I feature him in this blog?
Rep. McCotter is somewhat of an independent thinker although his opponents would like to brand him a right-wing radical. He does have a wry and ironic streak about him and wields words in a saber-like fashion... cutting through the political BS to get to the heart of matters. Of course, that does not necessarily endear him to the "hide-the-weenie" Washington crowd. That may be why the Democratic Party wants to target his spot in the House.
While he opposed the huge $700 billion bailout, he fought for loans to save the domestic automobile industry. It would seem that he sees a distinction between money distribution and manufacturing. One money distributor or so can be quickly absorbed or replaced by another, but domestic manufacturing capability, once lost, is unlikely to be regained. Some might argue that such capabilities are not important anymore, but I tend to agree with Rep. McCotter that without such capabilities the U.S. becomes just another secondary consumer market for those countries with the capabilities. That may eventually happen given the propensities of both Republican and the present Democratic administrations which is why I give Rep. McCotter credit for the ability to distinguish reason from rhetoric.
The U.S. is withdrawing into a shell under the Obama administration. It is forgetting that entitlements without the resources produced by businesses large and small are nothing more than consuming our futures. There is an old parable/metaphor about the Golden Goose. Perhaps someone should remind the Obama administration about it. I'm hoping that Rep. McCotter might be the one.
I suspect that by the 2010 elections, there will be many Democratic districts that will be looking for their own McCotters.
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