Nolan Finley
Excerpt
Equalizing income based on need saturates Obama's platform. Nearly every bullet point involves -- paraphrasing the candidate -- giving less to those at the top and more to those at the bottom.
It sets my teeth on edge when I hear him say that because it reveals a belief system that views wealth as a collective asset to be parceled out by the government, not the property of the individuals who earned it.
The obvious outcome of penalizing success is that it destroys the incentive to succeed. Adopting European-style socialism will turn us into France, sluggish and unambitious, with productivity and growth falling as taxes and handouts grow.
My father, were he alive, would be a major beneficiary of Obama's Robin Hood plots. But he'd have rather taken a beating than a government check.
America risks its identity if it tells folks like him to stop reaching for their own reward and instead pick the pockets of those who've already made it. Full article here:
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081012/OPINION03/810120311/1271/OPINION01
Comments