Singer and his ilk provide an excellent example of socialism in microcosm. They pontificate about what the producers in society should do – without actually producing or contributing themselves. They consider their pontifications their contribution.
Singer and his ilk cry that we give so much to our own – while there is such great need world wide. What Singer fails to understand is that the ability to “take care of our own” is the very reason for the wealth he would seek to redistribute. Taking care of my self, my family and the issues I personally believe in is the very reason I get up and work every day. They are the reasons I do what I do and have what I have. Singer seems to believe that wealth is random and that it is his duty to spread it around.
So Mr. Singer – if you believe my wealth is misspent – I believe your time is misspent. If you want to impress me – here is what you do: Go out and earn a graduate degree in something useful, maybe engineering or medicine. Go get a 6 – 7 figure job or start a business. Then live on $40K, and permanently donate the rest to your cause of the day. Encourage your leftie buddies to do the same.
You won’t do that – will you? You have no desire to actually work and produce to support what you believe. You want only that I work and produce to support what YOU believe. You will continue to just pontificate because you like to pontificate.
I’ll tell you what. You keep on doing what you think is important for your own reasons. So will I.
