Local columnists in my old college town's newspaper gives Cal Thomas a right royal smackdown!

[TheMightyFavog]

Cal Thomas's original article, in which he claims that all the poor in our country need to get themselves out of poverty is more of the "entreprenurial spirit."

http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20080612/OPINION0303/806110326/-1/OPINION

And the local columnists' response:

http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080625/SPJ06/806250370

The last paragraph really cuts to the quick:

Could we use more entrepreneurs? Probably. But Cal, if you want to help entrepreneurs, then read the results of a recent survey of entrepreneurs that found a major barrier to entrepreneurship is the lack of a national health insurance plan that would provide coverage to entrepreneurs' families during those early years when a business is lucky to break even much less pay $6,000 a year for health coverage. Drop the partisanship, come out to Stevens Point, and listen to our entrepreneurs.