by | Apr 15, 2021 | Constitution,
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities which, again, sounds very appealing. After all, what culturally enlightened and compassionate person of any political stripe wouldn’t want to end all forms of discrimination and support economic and social programs that address injustices and inequities?
Democrats are terrific at pitching legislation and programs titled to say the opposite of the intent. Think the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, which guaranteed that you could choose among the single medical option that Big Med government lobbyists wanted you to have; the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of which only about 10% is actually earmarked for pandemic recovery; and the currently proposed $2 trillion-plus Infrastructure bill that defines virtually everything — including the kitchen sink — as fitting that definition.
Here again, tricky trigger words like ”equity” can target very costly intents and consequences we haven’t bargained for. Notice, for example, that the executive order didn’t refer to
advancing racial equality … the bedrock principle enunciated by
America’s founders in the second paragraph of our nation’s Declaration
of Independence: ”We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men
are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness.”............To Read More....
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