So Here’s the Deal:

Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino owner who has pledged already up to $100 million dollars to the Mitt Romney campaign for president, was doing the arithmetic long before President Bill Clinton urged us to figure it out.  If Mitt Romney wins the election, Adelson will realize $2 billion dollars in tax savings.  Adelson is a multi-billionaire already.  One wonders why someone with such resources worries about giving up some of his vast wealth to support his country.  If President Obama is reelected, Adelson and all other millionaires and billionaires will be required to pay their fair share to help their country meet the needs of all people.  Amazing what Greed does to people.

On another subject... It’s also amazing what war does to people.  I was wondering through the San Diego Museum of Art’s exhibition or German Existentialist art in the permanent collection when I came across the startling painting by Otto Dix called Kanonier Lowe.  Dix was a soldier in the German army during World War II.  He tried to show in the face of a gunner what killing does to the person who kills in war.  It’s a disturbing picture.  I suppose the explosion of violence against America by Islamist fundamentalists this week has made me worry that more wars in the world are not only possible but altogether likely to happen.

In the debate season coming up let's listen carefully to what Mitt Romney and President Obama say about funding war.