Former Governor Pete (Pierre) DuPont IV (R-Delaware) (Seriously, R-Delaware) pens an editorial in the Wall Street Journal today. Pete ran for President in 1988. Dr. J. would have voted for him if he were old enough. Papa J. accused Dr. J. of being a libertarian for such strange notions. Papa J. supported Jack Kemp in 1988, more for his gridiron prowess than his political chops.

He writes today in the WSJ:

As we know from the 2008 campaign and his time as president, Mr. Obama believes it is right to “look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness.” He also said in 2008: “I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” 

Mr. Romney has said that “President Obama’s trillion-dollar federal takeover of the U. S. health care system is a disaster for the federal budget, a disaster for the constitutional principles of federalism, and a disaster for the American people.” 

Mr. Obama’s beliefs, as we have seen over the past three years, produce a permanent and growing federal deficit, permanent and growing federal spending, higher taxes for wealthier Americans, and permanent and growing government interference in how individuals, families, and businesses can handle their affairs. The deficits in his administration have come to $4 trillion in his first three years in office. 

Mr. Romney’s thinking is very different, stressing more innovation, more individual choices and lower government spending. He proposes to get federal spending to less than 20% of GDP in his first term in office. So perhaps more so than in most elections, which candidate becomes the next president make a large difference in the way our citizens see the course of America’s future.

Pete also discusses the differences on Obamacare, spending and regulation. Dr. J. would say more, but he has to go save lives or some such…go read it.

Dr. J.