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Life is a bowl of cherries and if we make bad choices we are going to get only the pits. So follow me here. We are going to explain why more pie is better for everyone than less pie.
The U.S. Constitution, the one the founders wrote, holds that all men are created equal. We are endowed by our “nature and nature’s God” with unalienable rights. Those rights precede government. Further, the purpose of the state is to protect those rights and to treat all citizens equally.
Leftists obsess about income inequality. But no act has widened the gap between the rich and the poor more than the lockdowns going on right now. So remove your cranium from your rectum.
America is the most prosperous nation on Earth. Social justice rhetoric insists we must bring identical prosperity to each and every person. Failure to do so is accepted by them as evidence America and capitalism must be torn down. In their place the offer is tyranny and demonstrably failed economics.
Hard work, individualism, justice, time management, delayed gratification, and science are elements of white supremacy. Really? These are all things that must be rejected to move forward into a more progressive world. Well, maybe not… Racist!
The title, taken from the tax prof blog, is the simples beginning to this piece. Income inequality is a significant burr in the Left’s backside. Sorry, that’s not quite right. It is a burr they are trying to stick to everyone else backside. Class Warfare divides, but is it as bad as they claim?
Justice is an important concept. In all societies it is good from time to time to make an assessment of the justice system. To do that a determination of what has worked and what has not with respect to justice is required. A consensus must be reached on two points before beginning an assessment: The … Read more
The start According to Harry Truman more than half the people in the world were living in conditions approaching misery in 1949. Since then the world has been making progress in lifting people out of poverty. The impoverished number fell by half as a share of the total population in developing countries, from 43% to … Read more
Over at Don Surber’s place, he had this post on the observation of a newspaper owner on “why aren’t people going to work?” Short answer: Government. The observation: why aren’t people taking $10 / hour jobs and be self supportive and independent of welfare “strings attached”? Longer Answer: Due to the welfare system, it pays … Read more
Maybe 1%er Richard Branson will load up all the #OWS protesters into the first Virgin Galactic space vehicle–and take half of Hollywood (also 1%ers) on a trip to right this universal wrong?