Re: Democracy?

[Margaret Tarbet <tarbet@swaa.com>]

Rep. James Rogan's history is both atypical of Republicans and
right-wing libertarians, and all too typical, on different levels.

"Rogan ... was raised on welfare. He was a high school dropout. He
was a Democrat who learned politics from his longshoreman
grandfather. 

But Rogan righted himself, completed high school, got a political
science degree from UC-Berkeley in 1979 and then a law degree at
UCLA -- and became a Republican. "

His food, clothing, shelter, and medical care during childhood were
provided at public expense.  He got his primary and secondary
education at public expense.   He got undergraduate and law degrees
at publicly-subsidised schools.

And then he became a Republican.

I imagine he thinks of himself as a self-made man, someone who got
where he got entirely through his own energy, determination, and
hard work.