Leftists want to stay on top, but they also want to profit and seem intelligent.
Wall Street Journal November 1, 2021 By Andy Kess
Go ahead, try to tax the unrealized stock gains of billionaires, a wealth tax of questionable constitutionality. Or wear a “Tax the Rich” dress with the same font as a Chick-fil-A takeout bag to a gala for millionaires and billionaires. Or expand the idea of “infrastructure” to include social giveaways—free stuff for all. But what do progressives get out of it?
Surely former law professor Elizabeth Warren has studied enough history—I mean, Harvard, right?—to understand the fallacy of her socialist leanings. Her government-controls-everything policies usually lead to Venezuela-style ruin. Why pursue these policies? What is the end game? Here are nine answers.
… the shakedown theory
…the “noblesse oblige” theory that the privileged should use government to improve the lives of the less privileged. Hooey, but everything sounds smart in French.
… the population-bomb theory
… the brainwash theory
… the “love mankind, hate people” theory
… the “Lord of the Rings” theory: Power is addictive
… the personal gain theory
… resentment, especially toward hedge-fund guys or the T-shirt-wearing coder
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