Posted on 06/19/2021 3:02:15 AM PDT by Kaslin
The New York Times headlined a recent article, "Biden's $6 trillion budget aims for path to middle class, financed by the rich." But is it possible to confer middle-class status on individuals just by giving them a handful of unearned money? Is it possible for someone to say, "I'm middle-class because I'm getting checks from the government"?
Most thoughtful observers will recognize the absurdity of this notion, but it doesn't seem absurd to Biden or his progressive supporters — just as it didn't seem crazy, back in the 2000s, to gift a middle-class home to those who could not pay for it, or today that one can transform a mediocre student into an Ivy Leaguer just by adding points to his application based on race. Or, for that matter, that one can confer health on the poor by buying them health insurance, or that one can end illegal immigration by destroying American energy independence in the name of climate change.
The problem with all of these expensive boondoggles is that self-improvement requires effort. Individuals do not "become middle-class" just because they receive $30,000 or $40,000, or more, from the government. Actually, they become less middle-class, because one of the key middle-class values is responsibility and the self-respect that goes with it. What Biden's plan will accomplish is the gradual destruction of the true middle class — those who will be called upon to pay for the giveaways in his various "plans" for the poor.
Biden's plan to purchase middle-class status for the poor goes to the heart of all that is wrong with progressive thinking. One's "class," as the word suggests, is earned through effort, intelligence, and training. It also has a lot to do with one's background and especially the faith and hope that loving parents,
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Poverty, like wealth, has little to do with money. Both of these conditions are actually a state of mind. Life habits acquired over the years from infancy to old age are governed by attitudes and values instilled at an early age.
Each person is about as wealthy and as happy as they may make their minds up to be. Picturing various different paths in life to play out guides our day to day thinking, and if you see yourself as rich and happy, then rich and happy you shall be, by any objective standard. But if internal doubts come up, a feeling of “I don’t deserve this”, then the wealth and happiness will fade away, and one ends up destitute and unfulfilled.
very well said.
It’s easy to give everyone money. You just print it. However. printing money doesn’t create wealth, it creates inflation. The money becomes worthless.
So then, how is wealth created? It’s actually about the only thing created by mankind. It’s created by WORKING. It’s created only when labor produces something with more value than than the cost of producing it. That’s true whether you’re digging for gold, plowing a field, manufacturing an automobile, or writing a song.
Governments don’t create wealth, they destroy it. They take it from those that create it and give it away to those who squander it. It’s too bad that Democrats don’t understand this.
It’s too bad that Democrats don’t understand this.
They understand it full well. They expect that those who work will continue to work so they can keep stealing their money and giving ti away to others....just like in places like Europe. I still recall an interview with some high mucky-muck car guy in Sweden, I think, saying yes, he paid a lot in taxes but wasn’t it good to help others less fortunate.
That kind of buy in based on an education system we no long control is what they expect from us.
I say no but I have yet to see any real push back besides grumbling.
You still can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear…
Will they ever learn?
I think they know.
Equal opportunity was never the goal. Equal outcomes were.
Yes, sir !
‘”Biden’s $6 trillion budget aims for path to middle class, financed by the rich.’
Biden’s $6 trillion budget aims for path to the rich, financed by middle class.
There, fixed it
Michigan Man Wins $30K In Lottery, Buys $20K Gold Chain, Gets Robbed
https://www.playmichigan.com/michigan-man-wins-30k-in-lottery-buys-20k-gold-chain-gets-robbed/
Not only does he blow $20K on bling, but he wears it openly in da hood. It reminds me of Chappelle’s skit about what happens after reparations.
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