Tax the rich, seems to be the current theme of worldwide liberal/progressives (Libpos). I suppose if the truth be told it’s not exactly a new theme for them, but between the new French president and our own Incompetent in Chief, it seems to be gaining a lot of momentum. This seems to be gaining more and more favor as more and more of the populations become dependent on the government for their livelihood instead of their own productivity.
The indolent look at the productive and say “It’s not fair that they should have so much and I so little, let’s have the government take it from them and give it to me.” (Something that if they were to do it themselves it would be called robbery or theft but when they get the government to do it they call it a progressive tax rate. Progressive meaning different people pay different amounts, which to me would seem to be the epitome of unfair! By the nature of math, those who make more pay more by paying the same rate. Additionally, those who pay more, use fewer of the services they are paying for than those who pay less or even nothing. Where is the fairness in that?)
I’m sure to the Libpos this seems like a wonderful idea. Those nasty productive types getting lucky (if by lucky you mean work hard and make wise decisions) and having so much. They can be the ones to pay for all our giveaways that we buy votes with.
But there is a fly in the Libpo ointment.
What do people do when they feel they are being unfairly treated? The productive class figures out how to do something about it. And that is exactly what is happening, both here and abroad.
If you look at the States with the most long standing Libpo governments (read Democrat)you will find they tend to be the states with the highest progressive tax rates and the most generous state benefits. Unsurprisingly, these are the states with the largest percentage of people on the government dole. Equally unsurprising is the fact that these are the states that are in the most financial difficulty. California and New York top the list in this category.
So how then do the Libpos propose to deal with their financial issues brought on by punishing the productive and rewarding the unproductive? Will they see the error of their ways and do things to reward the productive and disincentivize (I think I just made up a word there) the indolent?
No, no, no, no, no, of course not. Why would they ever look to behavioral science where long ago Pavlov and Skinner proved that you will get what you reinforce and will extinguish what you don’t.
They of course choose to increase the taxes even further on the productive class so as to avoid reducing or possibly even increasing their rewards for the nonproductive.
Quite predictably, the productive class is finding a solution. They are leaving those states. Californians and New Yorkers are abandoning their draconian states for more favorable business climates. Ones where they are not excessively punished for being productive. I seem to remember reading somewhere that there are nearly 200 Californians a day moving to Texas alone. Similar moves are taking place from New York to Florida, and other more friendly climes.
On the national level, Libpos like Obama, Pelosi and Reid are looking to make similar tax hikes on the productive. The mere talk of it has caused many of the productive class to become expatriates. The most recent of which was one of the Facebook co-founders who gave up his US citizenship rather than submit to their oppressive taxes.
The newly elected French President Hollande ran on a platform, not of austerity but of taxing the rich at a rate of 100% over some set amount and increasing the size of the French government and what it would give away. To no ones’ surprise, other than the Libpos, as soon as Hollande won the presidency, the productive class in France started making their escape plans. Reports from around the globe are popping up of productive French citizens moving to less restraining environments.
When will these Libpos ever learn? I believe a quote from Ron White probably explains the attitude of the productive class as it relates to the Libpos, “I’m a pretty good dog, but if you expect me to stay on the porch, you got to pet me every once in a while.”
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