Redistribution is economic vengeance. It is based on the Marxist “fixed pie” belief that those who have more got it by taking it from those who have less. That is the justification for stealing from the achievers.
robert108 - 09:08am on 08/22/2008
"The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.”
Who recently said this?
Joel - 09:08am on 08/22/2008
Ooohhh.....the suspense is killing me Joel-sixpack......whom?
Uttered in a campaign speech By Michelle Obama only AFTER her husband, Barack, began winning.
“That is why I am here, because Barack Obama is the only person in this who understands that. That before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.”
“Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics.”
“… as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.”
“My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my ‘blackness’ than ever before.”
“Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated to this community and would utilize all of my present and future resources to benefit this community first and foremost.”
“The truth is most Americans don’t want much. Folks don’t want the whole pie. Most Americans feel blessed to thrive a little bit, but that’s out of reach for them.
The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.”
Joel - 10:08am on 08/22/2008
OMG Joel, you are right!!!!
WWJD??????
realitybasedbob - 10:08am on 08/22/2008
Of course, the enviroassholes believe in the “shrinking pie”.
robert108 - 10:08am on 08/22/2008
The problem with liberals is that they assume that the pie always remains the same size.
If you raise the tax rate on the current level of GDP, you get more revenues for the Treasury. Sounds simple enough. But what it doesn’t take into account is that by raising marginal tax rates, you reduce the ROI for businesses to expand the businesses and this payrolls and thus the tax base.
So even though your marginal rate is higher, your pie is smaller and the total revenues shrink.
Liberals don’t get that.
Bill Mitchell - 10:08am on 08/22/2008
Their real problem with economics is that they always use static analysis, which is bunk.
Redistribution is economic vengeance. It is based on the Marxist “fixed pie” belief that those who have more got it by taking it from those who have less. That is the justification for stealing from the achievers.
"The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.”
Who recently said this?
Ooohhh.....the suspense is killing me Joel-sixpack......whom?
Hillary, known Marxist “fixed pie” thinker.
Make Me Some Pie
Uttered in a campaign speech By Michelle Obama only AFTER her husband, Barack, began winning.
OMG Joel, you are right!!!!
WWJD??????
Of course, the enviroassholes believe in the “shrinking pie”.
The problem with liberals is that they assume that the pie always remains the same size.
If you raise the tax rate on the current level of GDP, you get more revenues for the Treasury. Sounds simple enough. But what it doesn’t take into account is that by raising marginal tax rates, you reduce the ROI for businesses to expand the businesses and this payrolls and thus the tax base.
So even though your marginal rate is higher, your pie is smaller and the total revenues shrink.
Liberals don’t get that.
Their real problem with economics is that they always use static analysis, which is bunk.