Quote of the Day ( The Ethics of Redistribution )

NRO ^ | february 8th | Jonah Goldberg

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Subject: Daschle, Rangel, Dodd and Bertrand de Juvenal

Jonah,

I picked up De Juvenal’s The Ethics of Redistribution and came across this timely quote in the introduction:

“We may well wonder which of these two closely linked phenomena is predominant: whether it is redistribution or centralization. We may ask ourselves whether what we are dealing with is not a political even more than a social phenomenon. This political phenomenon consists in the demolition of the class enjoying ‘independent means’ and in the massing of means in the hands of managers. This results in a transfer of power from individuals to officials, who tend to constitute a new ruling class as against that which is being destroyed. And there is a faint but quite perceptible trend toward immunity for this new class from some part of the fiscal measures directed at the former.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

I saw this and it reminded me of something I saw elsewhere by a random web poster. People in the media often talk of(or hint of) the haves and have nots. But what about the cannots and the willnots?

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The Haves should provide the CANNOTs with a handout. That would include the very young, the very old, the disabled, the mentally ill, etc.

The Haves should provides the HaveNots with a hand out if needed in the short term, but then a hand up, turning the HaveNots into more Haves.

The Haves should not provide the WillNots with anything; they've made their own choice.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> The Haves should not provide the WillNots with anything; they’ve made their own choice.

No, the Haves should provide the WillNots with a swift kick up the West End for failing to carry their fair share of the CanNots and HaveNots.

Otherwise, this is a great analysis!

[screaminsunshine]

I have a better idea. Redistribute power and control from Washington bact to the States.