Posted on 01/02/2011 6:51:11 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
You might have thought that Mike Bloomberg—with his trans fat and smokes snatching—was the epitome of nanny staters. But the Big Apple mayor's got nothing on another New Yorker--Nicholas Kristof.
In his New York Times column of today, Equality, A True Soul Food, Kristof preaches the urgent need for income redistribution as a means of . . . improving our souls.
According to Kristof, "the toll of our stunning inequality is not just economic but also is a melancholy of the soul." And hey: what says soul improvement more than . . . raising taxes?!
More excerpts and analysis after the break.
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He can start by transferring his assets to me. I’m fairly sure my net worth is less than his.
Collective salvation through liberation theology, wherein the government takes your assets for your own good. Great plan, huh?
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