Something and nothing

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in response to reader comment: Take off the blinders

Submitted by Harry Binswanger (United States), Jun 29, 2011 23:46

Contra Ben's claim, it is not "class warfare" to propose less punishment of the rich. Ever heard of the graduated income tax? The rich already pay more. To advocate "decimating" entitlement programs is advocating not giving so much loot to people. It is to advocate a lessening of class warfare.

Taking money from me to give to another is doing something to me--something injurious to me. Something to which I do not consent. Not taking from me is an absence, a stopping of the injury, not a something.

You'd think that nothing would be clearer than the difference between being given money and not being beaten up so badly--but Ben (and the left generally) equate them.

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Exemptions for certain corporate jets? [57 words]Fred Van BennekomJul 5, 2011 14:57
Whither Weather [47 words]Harry BinswangerJun 29, 2011 23:48
Take off the blinders [274 words]benJun 29, 2011 21:29
↔ Class Warfare [141 words]CarolineJun 29, 2011 23:13
↔ ⇒ Something and nothing [116 words]Harry BinswangerJun 29, 2011 23:46
Obama as not a Supreme Court Justice [35 words]Marc SeganJun 29, 2011 17:38

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