Inequality and Aristocracy

Look, it’s bullshit. If you view the economy as a zero sum game, then income inequality means something to you, but if you believe that you are responsible for your outcome, then you could give a rip. I realize this is probably too complicated for many people to understand because they are fed by jealousy and resentment. They want, free from labor, the fruits of yours. This needs and must be countered very quickly, and the only way that I have been able to do it is by picking out a different bogey man for the LIVs.

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It’s the government, stoopid. They have become the new aristocracy in which presumed presidents, gleefully report that they haven’t driven a car for 20 years–we’ve been paying for that. Where first ladies spend hundreds of millions of dollars of your money to take their children on vacation. Where once great institutions have been subjugated to voodoo science, and the good, honest people who work at NASA have a new mission–to fight CO2 molecules.

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The point, if I even have one, is that if we’re going to be constantly reminded that a government job is ‘service,’ then for those who choose to be in charge of it, there should be consequences not perks. If you want to be president, you should come to grips with the possibility that your kids might not get to go on spring break. Or that you won’t be able to just eat your waffle. Or that you don’t need an aide to an advisor to the attaché to the undersecretary to get your dry cleaning. It’s all just so completely unnecessary. I’m convinced that much of the bureaucracy is in place only to feed the vanity of those who presume to lead it.

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Maybe this chart will sum it up better than my rambling, gif free post.