Friday Roundup 1-7-22

Those who can’t and don’t produce values are quick to tell actual producers how they should operate their businesses. The latest example comes from Sen. Bernie Sanders, who sent a letter to Warren Buffett imploring the latter to intervene in a labor dispute at a company owned by Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett is one of the most astute investors in the history of mankind, and yet Sanders believes that he can make better business decisions than Buffett. Buffett responded by saying that he allows the CEOs of the businesses he owns to run the business as they deem best. Sanders would be wise to apply that same principle to all businesses.

A year ago, in the aftermath of the attack on the United States Capital, three local officials in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania left the Republican Party, saying that the party that they had supported was “gone and has left us behind.” One of those individuals told CCN, “Most of the feedback I got was very positive, actually that was the most surprising thing. A lot of it from Republicans, off the record saying, ‘You know, we support you. I wish I could do that, but — there’s always a but — my business, my political career, I make money from.’” Unfortunately, this is a common attitude. Many proclaim their support for X, but when it comes time to act, they find an excuse to abandon their professed beliefs. The expediency of the moment, not principles, guides their actions.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz recently predicted that Biden will be impeached if Republicans regain the House this November. Cruz said, “​​Democrats weaponized impeachment. They used it for partisan purposes to go after Trump because they disagreed with him. And one of the real disadvantages of doing that … is the more you weaponize it and turn it into a partisan cudgel, you know, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” Cruz seems to believe that two wrongs make a right.