Excellent. I was explaining "redistribution" in a similar way recently. I said that I would be very happy for people richer than me to redistribute to make me richer, but if I was expected to give up yet more of my income in taxes then such a scheme would not get my vote. Does that make me selfish or just human?
Excellent. I was explaining "redistribution" in a similar way recently. I said that I would be very happy for people richer than me to redistribute to make me richer, but if I was expected to give up yet more of my income in taxes then such a scheme would not get my vote. Does that make me selfish or just human?
ReplyDeleteI'd say human. The difference is, you aren't preaching (and expecting) it of others...
ReplyDeleteA friend went to an evening lecture at the LSE recently, to run into some [bloody] students waving placards.
ReplyDeleteVisitors were being harangued with cries of "Support public services!"
He riposted, "I am supporting public services. What are you doing?"
Cracker. I wonder what the reaction would have been if the server had found out that the homeless man was a former employee of Lehman Brothers?
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