LIBERALS: Take that, progressives

Hearty congratulations and a standing ovation lasting at least 20 minutes to Doug Miller for his excellent Nov. 20, 2013, “My Turn” column. He has stated what I’ve been trying to say (in smaller increments) for the past several years, and has added more.

I can only add this: Too many otherwise noble and honorable people are being sucked into the gimme-gimme culture. The young in particular, always naively idealistic, have been conned into the fallacious: “Follow me and we’ll make everyone equal and create heaven on Earth” promise, but fail to realize that heaven is not for this Earth and robbing the haves to treat the have-nots ends only in running out of haves. Socialism does not work — it collapses of its own weight.

Many will try to interpret and condemn this as “don’t help the needy,” but a much better interpretation is “quit making more and more of the needy.”

PHIL MEMBURY

Coeur d’Alene