There's no such thing as common sense - Liberal Logic

I was in the office arguing politics the other day. It’s kinda what I do. (During the 2004 presidential election, I was asked to “step outside” four times. I had one guy grab me by the ear and try to pull me from my chair. I put a cigar out on the back of his hand.)


I had someone tell me something the other day that left me awe struck. I was getting ready to ask him to step outside. The other day I had a guy tell me that the government not only had the right but was duty bound to take my money. The rational? He reasoned that as a conservative, I don’t spend enough of my money. If the government didn’t take it, I would just save it. He told me that I am killing the economy by trying to save. Therefore, the government should take my money and spend it for me to stimulate the economy.

Think about the implication of that for a while. If I make a dollar, the government should take it from me, and give it to someone else, because I’m not spending it. If that’s true, then I should stop working. I should stop working because if I do, the government will and should, take a dollar off someone who is, and give it to me. If I work, I lose. If I don’t work I gain. The bottom line becomes, why work?

Whatever happened to saving for your kid’s college, or your own retirement? It’s quite clear, don’t save just spend and the government will take care you.

This just scares the bejeezes out of me.