[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I accept your quibble. But the socialism is even more extreme when the tax rate is patently set above the point of negative returns . . .

[Protagoras]

But the socialism is even more extreme when the tax rate is patently set above the point of negative returns . . .

My point is that stealing is immoral, a penny or a million bucks. Those who advocate it at certain levels have fallen into the trap. I know you aren't one of them, but I used your post to demostrate it in case others have bought into it.

We can never live in a moral society as long as we concede the fundamental points. It means we subscribe to situational ethics. It becomes the basic problem, not the details of the plunder.