Pre-vacation post

[chris_gerrib]

I am going on a vacation tomorrow (a cruise, actually, first one on a non-gray ship). I hear nowadays that these new-fangled ships have satellite Internet (back in my day, we used telex and liked it) but I'm not taking the laptop or surfing the 'Net. So, here's some random thoughts for your reading pleasure.

Regarding yesterday's entry, I should

Comments

[jetfx]

Why are all these people suddenly mobilizing now, to protest government irresponsibility? It's not like the all of these problems suddenly started on November 4th.

The other thing I saw was that oft quoted statistic that 10% of the population pays 75% of the income taxes (or something like that). Sounds unfair doesn't it? The only thing unfair here is the abuse of statistics. This statistic makes perfect sense if this 10% owns three quarters of the wealth. Barring complete economic equality, you'd still end up with this statistic even under a flat tax scheme. The only way to get a 10% pays 10% of taxes is a poll tax, which I'm pretty sure only a handful of "Randroids" would think is a good idea.

[chris_gerrib]

Don't confuse a nut with logic; it's just like trying to teach a pig to sing.

Although in their defense, some of these folks were against the Bush deficits. They were just (massively) less vocal.

[jetfx]

I was aware many of these people weren't fans of Bush's fiscal policy profligacy, but why were they so quiet then? I mean at least Obama's massive deficit spending isn't going to fund major military operations of questionable value. Unless these people think socialism is worse than a war.

[chris_gerrib]

these people think socialism is worse than a war.

I think you've hit on something there.