Liberal Letters to the Editor

Michael Savage says that liberalism is a mental disorder. I think most liberals are unaware, uninformed, or extremely short sighted. A letter to the editor this morning caught my eye as a good example. The letter follows:

Sarah Palin is clueless [NOTE: The KC Star creates the title, not the letter's author]

Television pundit Sarah Palin asks, "How’s that hopey, changey thing workin’ for ya?"
Well, for my middle-class family it’s already paying off. With the new tuition tax credits we knocked more than $2,000 off of this year’s tax bill. This credit was not available to us previously. So thank you, President Barack Obama, for working hard for my family and others to ease the burden of higher education.

Jack Myers
Overland Park

So I guess Jack gauges Obamas' performance by the personal benefit he receives. Other than being ridiculously self-centered, it is also very short-sighted. Would Jack feel the same if that $2,000 credit he received was money obtained by a a loan taken out with China showing his children and grandchildren responsible for repayment? Jack might think differently, but both are the same.

I don't begrudge Jack for the tax credit. You take what you can get. But identifying this as an indicator of Obama's performance is simply short-sighted, and indicative of a larger problem with America. Is it all about what is in it for me, or should it be about what is better for all of us?