… I was a braindead little teenager that was absolutely convinced that the big bad world would only get better if those evil rich people would just give all their money away to people more deserving – or at least more likeable. Because rich people, by virtue of the fact they have a lot of money they are obviously hoarding, are unlikeable douchebags who would be perfectly happy if us little people disappeared and they didn’t have to deal with the riff-raff.
Then I grew up and it occurred to me: Just as I work for what I get, and groan when my paycheck is turned into a shadow of its former self by the various taxes that are involuntarily withdrawn from it, people who have spent their lives sacrificing and working for more must really feel the pain watching the results of that effort be plundered by an entity that constantly demonizes them, but can’t survive without them. I don’t know about you, but I’m less than pleased to watch money I’ve earned be taken by the government only to have them waste it on programs that don’t work, have no hope in hell of ever working, and keep us all in indentured servitude to them. I can only imagine what it must be like to earn enough to be stuck in the top tax bracket and watch it happen.
Thus began my transition from braindead progressive teen to brain-using libertarian adult. I’m grudgingly willing to admit when I’m wrong, but that means you’ve got to be on the top of your game and convince me with facts, not feelings.
Now that I’ve put that out there, you know what you’re getting into should you decide to read my blog. And it IS my blog. With that in mind, I’ll let you know that I reserve the right to delete comments I find inappropriate or ban you if you insist on leaving such comments. That said, I plan on keeping a rather loose comment policy. Just don’t test me.
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