Dependent on others to pay…
April 25 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Obama, SocialismSyndicated columnist David Harsanyi in the Denver Post, April 22:
There are many arguments against progressive taxation economically, but it is also true that it erodes the health of our democratic institutions. Rather than shared responsibility, we have a growing number of people who rely on others to pay . . . as they become increasingly disconnected from the cost of government.
The Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank, estimated this week that 45 percent of U.S. households paid not a single dollar in federal income tax for 2010. And The Fiscal Times reported this week that “for the first time since the Great Depression, households are receiving more income from the government than they are paying the government in taxes.”
This, in Obamaland, is called job creation. But does anyone believe the trajectory is healthy? No doubt, these events allow Obama to spread the wealth around to those who deserve it—clean energy outfits, teachers unions, czars, etc.—but they also create a growing number of voters with little stake in stopping out-of-control growth. . . . Consumers pay and demand results. Dependents, on the other hand, just demand. They have no reason not to.
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