Social Darwinism

Ya know, I listen to Larry Kudlow on CNBC and he really pisses me off. I am really tired to the Free Market knows best mantra, I mean, is this not how we got to this point. Voodoo economics has been running since the 80's, seems long enough to know and I would say it has failed to live up to the promise, it didn't raise all the boats and didn't self regulate. The idea of a free market and smaller government is nothing more than Social Darwinism. I realize that is a loaded term and some what hard to label any group with, but if I carry free markets, smaller government I can't help but come up with a permanent lower class and a great divide between
the haves and the have not, thus survival of the fittest.

I am not sure that divide between government and business is necessary or wanted, and in many ways it seems a myth. If anything these past 20+ years has blurred the lines that everybody seem to switch sides every two years. The hue and cry now is the wrong set of business persons are in the halls of government.

Frankly we need a strong government to serve as our voice in the world, a defender of our freedoms, a referee among the states, a regulator of our excess, safety net for all citizens.