Ben is making a rather smart move, financially, that is. His book ought to be a NYT number one best seller in DC, NYC, SF, LA, SEA and CHI...........
Personally I think he’s “right” in a way. We can’t keep on spending like we are and stealing from our grandchildren.
Our country needs to make a decision. Spend less or tax the hell out of everyone. If we start taxing everyone more productivity will drop and it will be a death spiral until someone wakes up and cuts spending and taxes. Sometimes people need a swift kick in the ass to get them to realize the obvious. Unfortunatley with so many on the dole we need a super size boot to kick them in the ass.
We need to stop stealing from our grand children and pay for the stuff we use today. Welfare, SS, Medicare, Obamacare—we shouldn’t be allowed to borrow one dime to pay for things that don’t benefit the future.
Borrowing should only be done to pay for things that are true investments (like infrastructure or military that has multi-year use).
Make that the cornerstone of the platform. And then the rest will fall inline. Do we tax the middle class to pay for welfare? We need to scare the people out of the entitlement attitude and if that means threatening to raise taxes then let’s scare the entitlement out of them. Let the resentment for the takers of society build and then we can overcome this entitlement mentality.