"Progressive" policies hurt the poor

It's always been my belief that liberal policies don't hurt the rich. They, after all, have the resources to circumvent onerous regulation and taxation.

No. Liberal policies overwhelmingly hurt the poor.

Now, some people are starting to get it....

Hollywood's Sundance Kid is hurting poor people.

So say some East Coast ministers and conservative activists, who took to the streets in front of a downtown Salt Lake City theater on the eve of Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival to accuse the actor of holding down low-income Americans with his opposition to oil and gas drilling near national parks in Utah.

The protesters, led by the Congress of Racial Equality's national spokesman Niger Innis, suggested Redford should "relinquish his wealth" and live like a poor person. They complained that the filmmaker's anti-drilling stance could lead to higher energy prices for inner-city residents, forcing them to accept a lower standard of living.

The clergymen prayed for Redford "to see the light" and linked his environmental activism with racism.

"The high energy prices we're going to see this winter are essentially discriminatory," said Bishop Harry Jackson Jr. of the Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., chairman of the High-Impact Leadership Coalition, a petroleum industry advocate.

A month ago, Redford, a trustee of the National Resources Defense Council, voiced support for a federal lawsuit aimed at blocking the Bush administration's "morally criminal" attempt to auction 103,000 acres of scenic redrock desert for oil and gas drilling near Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Dinosaur National Monument.

Do you think ole Bobby Redford has any problems heating any one of his how many homes?

I'm thinking no.

Do you think Bobby is hurting for a job?

Again, I'm thinking no.

Do you think Bobby, a liberal, has any compassion for the poor.

I think that's a big three strikes and your out.

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