Republicans are not allowed to blow up the government to get ridof a law, says commentator, writer, actor, and presidential speechwriter Ben Stein.

“Shutting down the government is no way to run a railroad,” saidStein as keynote speaker during the E.G. Lassiter Lecture Series atthe NAPSLO Annual Convention in San Diego.

“Let's stop being children and walking away from the sandboxwith our toys, not wanting to play anymore,” continued Stein, aspeech writer for Presidents Nixon and Ford.

Stein is certainly no fan of Obamacare. He made it a point tocredit the Republican party with first coming up with the idea ofuniversal healthcare in the early 1970s, and went on to say “fewitems have been more sloppily crafted” than President Obama'shealthcare law.

“If you guys presented contracts with whole sections left blank,you wouldn't have those clients for very long,” he proclaimed.“[House Minority Leader] Nancy Pelosi said we had to pass the lawto see what's in it. That is not a way to passlegislation.”

Instead of forcing a government shutdown, Republicans should letthe law fail, as he predicts it will, then get the votes to getRepublicans elected. After all, the law “can never be repealed, butit can be revised.”

Other Stein highlights:

- “I rather like President Obama. [Attorney General] Eric Holderis a very different matter.”

- “There's a lot of inequality in wealth. But that's the pricewe pay for being a free market society.”

- It is unfair 51 percent of Americans do not pay taxes, andhave “no skin in the game.” Americans are “addicted toentitlements.”

- Stein said a lack of responsibility, a “stupefyingmaterialism,” and a crisis in education are threateningAmerica.