Comments on: Entitlements. http://yodellingllama.com/?p=1366 Sometimes you'll find you can rhyme anything with anyone. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:19:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8-RC1 hourly 1 By: r/a/e http://yodellingllama.com/?p=1366&cpage=1#comment-98936 r/a/e Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:40:58 +0000 http://yodellingllama.com/?p=1366#comment-98936 We all want more than we're willing to pay for. As a nation, as communities, as families, as individuals. Medicare and Medicaid eat up lots of federal $$ (SSA programs are reasonably balanced with receipts, comparatively). Cutting entitlements = people die. Mainly poor people and minorities. And history shows that private charity will not cover the gap if government leaves one. So, we have to share wealth more or else let our neighbors die. Either as individuals or through our corporations, which can afford the expertise and legislative advocacy to avoid taxation nearly entirely. Corporate tax will be borne ultimately by individuals. And even if we decide to let our neighbors die, we will still end up spending our taxes on various systems to make sure they die in nursing homes, homeless shelters, jails, and other places where we don't have to watch. We would eliminate deficit spending if we purged massive private wealth and redistributed it. And it wouldn't be missed for all that long. Wouldn't it just be like taking ice cream from a 2-year-old? TERRIBLE, nerve-wracking screaming for about 20 minutes, followed by the 2-year-old's realization that there are plenty other things to enjoy? We all want more than we’re willing to pay for. As a nation, as communities, as families, as individuals. Medicare and Medicaid eat up lots of federal $$ (SSA programs are reasonably balanced with receipts, comparatively).

Cutting entitlements = people die. Mainly poor people and minorities. And history shows that private charity will not cover the gap if government leaves one.

So, we have to share wealth more or else let our neighbors die. Either as individuals or through our corporations, which can afford the expertise and legislative advocacy to avoid taxation nearly entirely. Corporate tax will be borne ultimately by individuals.

And even if we decide to let our neighbors die, we will still end up spending our taxes on various systems to make sure they die in nursing homes, homeless shelters, jails, and other places where we don’t have to watch.

We would eliminate deficit spending if we purged massive private wealth and redistributed it. And it wouldn’t be missed for all that long. Wouldn’t it just be like taking ice cream from a 2-year-old? TERRIBLE, nerve-wracking screaming for about 20 minutes, followed by the 2-year-old’s realization that there are plenty other things to enjoy?

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