Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
But Mr. Grant, Mr. Grant, I’m not clear on something: How do we go about living happily ever after, by taxing the rich? I mean if I’m out of a job, but the potholes are all filled in and the firefighters can get to my house lickety-split when I set it on fire, I’m still out of a job aren’t I?
And how did those rich people get to be rich in the first place? Your cartoon shows one in the “Cayman Islands,” fishing, hauling in bags full of money in lieu of fish. Is it really that simple? Or are they just not paying taxes and that’s how they got rich? You know, we’ve got a lot of poor people not paying any taxes at all; if that’s all it takes, they should be rich, right?
I’m looking forward to seeing this thing torn to shreds over at the new collaborative project we three amigos put together, Phil, Severian and myself. Why, this is just bursting with chestnuts, and every single one of them has turned smelly and bad. Where to begin!
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You’ve nailed it. Nowhere, in the entire running time, will Mr. Grant explain what, exactly, was being taxed. Taxes are a percentage of something – well, where did the something come from? I predict that this question will not be answered. Money just… happens. Therefore you have no particular claim to it, if the majority vote to give themselves more of yours.
This will lead to a contradiction in short order. Taking more and more from “the rich” will eventually clean them out, since no new money is happening. Will we have more middle class and fewer poor? Not for long, because they’re not paying as much in taxes… so the spigot will start to sputter, unless taxes are raised on them to “replace lost revenue” now that there are no more rich left. And that is also a losing game. By definition, if a tax is a percentage of something, then there will never be an equilibrium where the amount of tax on gov’t salaries equals the amount it costs to have people on salary. Even if the percentage is 100, what do the gov’t workers buy food and pay rent with? If all their money is now going to pay each other their salaries – to say nothing of the fixing of roads, running of schools, fighting of fires, and all the things taxes are really meant to do – then what?
I’ll watch it tonight when I get home from my game. I’m sure I must have missed something.
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