Fantastic writing today from The Wichita Eagle-Beacon:
"Faith is powerful, but it’s no substitute for analysis or facts or shrewd political deal making. Moreover, in politics and policymaking, pure faith can be destructive. For one thing, the true believer 'cannot compromise over the holy without compromising the holy.'
Yet compromise on substance constitutes the essence of politics and policymaking in the American system.
The election of 2010 swept into office a wave of true believers – from Brownback to Secretary of State Kris Kobach to 30-plus Kansas House members. Cabinet members were recruited as much for their beliefs as for their skills.
The faith in small government runs rampant. Not small, effective government, but small government, period. Likewise, the belief that privatization of Medicaid will save money and provide better services, all the while producing profits, trumps careful analysis.
To be sure, belief – true, encompassing belief – is a remarkable leap, and one that we should hold in awe. But it’s incompatible with governing a state as a steward for the entire population." --Burdett Loomis, University of Kansas Political Science Professor.
Complete, brief article here: http://www.kansas.com/2012/05/06/2322974/belief-is-not-enough.html#storylink=cpy
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