Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
-- Attributed to Samuel Johnson, 1775
David Harsanyi - Be a Patriot: Pay Up!: "Given that most of you will be paying your neighbors' mortgages soon, it only seems prudent that we start thinking in bolder terms. And by 'thinking in bolder terms,' I mean thinking about me. Why, for instance, should I be on the hook to pay those grating high-interest credit cards I signed up for? Or those detestable car payments? My cable bill's sorta steep, too. For you folks who are less than ecstatic about straightening out my fiscal affairs, well, I have two things to say: 1) Don't be selfish. 2) Forget everything you ever have heard about the American Revolution. Taxes, extreme government spending and wealth redistribution are patriotic. And you're going to see so much patriotism your kids will be pigtailed uber-nationalists by the time they hit kindergarten."
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Harsanyi on Obamunism and Mortgages
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2 comments:
This kind of sentiment ("I don't want MY taxes to help other people...at least those I don't get to approve first") drives me crazy.
Where's the outrage at direct corporate welfare that goes on from taxes, grants, and outright thievery via deceptive accounting practices and shenanigans? Tons of business (hyperbole) take take take and aren't on the hook either to keep the promises they made about revenue to the tax system (via jobs created, or tourism increased, etc.) or pay back their "ill-gotten gains".
There have been for years conscientious objections to tax payers money going towards an unjustified war and the military-industrial complex!
I don't see a reference to these topics at all, if this is supposed to be a principle-based argument against tax money going to immoral or irresponsible "bail-outs".
Robert, I am just as concerned about those things, just as outraged and against them. I see no appreciable difference between individual and corporate welfare. I have mentioned them in other posts at times.
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