The mercantilist fallacy is that there is a fixed amount of wealth, so the trick is to get a better balance of it than the next guy. That idea went out with Adam Smith.

The same "fixed" psychology, however, is at the heart of liberal prejudice. For whites to prosper, it must mean that minorities are being exploited. For minorities to rise, it must mean that whites must be curbed and restricted. For the poor to improve, the rich must be restrained -- thus taxes and regulation.

That's why egalitarianism, which Obama favors, has no place in economic theory. It prevents universal economic improvement. Economic progress almost always starts with the initiative of individuals squeezing through doors that had been closed. But if the entire society must stand shoulder to shoulder, forming an equal and broad line of equality ... we can't fit through the doors. The trick in captialism is not to push everyone through the door in one shot; it's to send small groups through, one after another, until they weaken the obstacles and break down the doors.

"let workers organize when a majority of them sign union cards."

I don't know how many blue-collar jobs people like Hindery, or Obama for that matter, have held in their lives, but I can personally attest to the fact that "workers" do not NEED a union in order to organize. Every blue-collar job I every held had workers who, on their own and without the “help” of the unions, organized themselves in order to improve working condition and/or pay and benefits. I've yet to see a single "organized" non-union worker lose their job because of the unity and planning they executed in order to confront management and affect positive change.

Obama: My job is above my pay grade

Hindery is, of course, speaking for the entire Democratic party, which has been pushing for this kind of thing since the era of McGovern (1972.) They are giddy with what they think America is coming to, and they are in for a big shock. Even if they run the table in November, Americans will catch on with their insane legislation and, guess what?, there'll be another national election in '06. Remember Clinton and the gang in '93? They got pasted in '94 once people saw the truth about them.

America will always be a free country, and the blood of the British from the Revolutionary war will always remain fresh, a testament to that demand for freedom.

This isn't exclusive to the Left, sadly.  Some conservatives here on NB would love nothing more than to see the United States hermetically sealed off in every single way imaginable from the Evil Outside World...especially economically speaking. 

Whoever casts a vote for Obama-Biden is nothing more than a common thief.  Whoever fails to vote against them is nothing more than a moral coward.