"The Rich" - Suckling Pigs?

The Daily News Record: Editorial Opinion

First of all.. it was Wednesday.

Walter Williams is a political economist. We know how economics works politically. The folks that pull the strings get what they want. Simple. His Free Market religion gives him the answers for everything from Racial Equality, Economic Justice, to National Security and Gun Control. (he's against it.) He considers the maelstrom of laissez-faire economics the greatest force for good, solving economic crises by hoovering up all the cash and giving it to "the rich." This policy of Public Theft improves the quality of life in America for the Republican Americans, not so much for the non-Republican Americans. (There are LOTS of us...)

Government is NOT the problem any more. The effectiveness of policies, the quality of public service, the control of the economy, the protection of the environment, and now even the social safety net are becoming dinosaurs of a bygone era. The New Gilded class of government-haters has effectively dismantled the government to the point that it is simply a cash cow for the wealthy.

There is a lot of talk about suckling at various teats. Americans suck at "300,000,000 government teats." The poor and homeless depend on the government for food and shelter, sucking at the government teat. Any and all social programs are viewed as handouts to the poor, invitations to sloth and laziness... Those who view America as a huge suckling pig, are missing something. THEY all want to be the pig! They want all the cash and political power to dole out as they see fit.

The plutocratic class enjoys using the taxpayers money to enrich themselves. Check the military industrial complex. Take note of how often the words personalize, or privatize enter the jargon of legislation. Most of all, check the use of the words "Tax Cut." Tax Cuts are Public Theft. Stealing the money from those without enough political power to prevent it is simple, evil theft.

Mr. Editor, your beloved "rich" advocate the greatest evil, money. Money is the root not the cure of all evil. You have it sadly backwards. Your oft stated gratitude for the wealthiest of us has the power of misplaced religious fervor, advocating what is wrong with America rather than what is best for America.

The most prosperity America has ever achieved was during an era of the greatest social justice in the 30 years after World War II. The tax burden was spread more widely and the disparity between the wealthiest and the poorest was not as great. The last 30 years has been an exercise in dismantling that prosperity and redistributing the wealth upwards. This is the end game for Reaganomics. It’s not very pretty. It will not succeed.