Comments on: Obama’s punitive liberalism, or why treating success as a form of failure is wrong

By: Roger's Rules » Laffer vs. Zakariah: Who’s Right?

Roger's Rules » Laffer vs. Zakariah: Who’s Right? — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:34:18 +0000

[...] about “fairness” you can be sure that is foreplay for policies that penalize success. The punitive aspect is essential. Which is why pointing out that raising taxes on productive citizens will decrease revenues and [...]

By: Roger's Rules » Thanks for the memories, Barack: Or, how to bankrupt a country in three easy steps

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:03:04 +0000

[...] 2008: to change America fundamentally. Who would have predicted you were really serious? (Well, some of us did, but you know what I [...]

By: Hot Air » The Great Airbrushing meets the Great Relearning on the Fourth

Hot Air » The Great Airbrushing meets the Great Relearning on the Fourth — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:31:34 +0000

[...] display little or no pride in what makes this nation unique, despite its flaws, both real and punitively imagined. But perhaps the fortunate lack of a sudden “Start From Zero” moment means that the [...]

By: Ed Driscoll » The Great Airbrushing meets the Great Relearning on the Fourth

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:10:56 +0000

By: Clark

Clark — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:00:16 +0000

Tim, liberalism being defeated? I don’t see any signs of that as yet with the government schools cranking out indoctrinated one world socialist oriented historically illiterate young people being worked over by the multicultural and diversity scam are unable or even unwilling to defend the Western civilization that nurtured own freedom and prosperity. Send them off to college unprepared to withstand the brainwashing of tenured Marxist professors the radicals have captured the education establishment with the plan of a long-term goal of incremental transformation.

The radicals of the 60s that rebelled against “The Man” have jettisoned the tie dye T-shirts and beads
got haircuts started wearing suits and ties and have now become The Man pushing their brand of socialist establishment and the sad part is those of us who saw it coming were marginalized and disbelieved, well now it’s here like a poke in the eye with a sharp stick and the people are beginning to wake up read their constitution and their history and discovered that we are awash with domestic corrupt bureaucratic enemies that understand human nature enough to promise free stuff stolen from their neighbors who may have worked harder or been a little wiser in their business dealings, the appeal to the lowest common denominator of human nature and the sin of envy and covetousness.

Our founders stated that the form of government they gave us would only work for a moral and religious people and they were right, we have practically kicked God out of America and an understanding of natural law that our country was founded on we are only reaping what we’ve sown. I do see an awakening taking place and I only hope it’s not too late, hard times are coming there’s no escaping that.

By: Confiscatory Tax Rate Dreams From My Father

Confiscatory Tax Rate Dreams From My Father — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:00:25 +0000

[...] the rubric of fairness

By: Roger’s Rules » The 2 percent solution, or, the tyranny of the majority returns with a vengeance

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:50:14 +0000

[...] But raising revenue isn’t really the point. The chief goal of the President’s 2 percent solution is, first, to punish success and then to render its repetition impossible. What we have here is an perfect example of what James Piereson has called “punitive liberalism,” i.e., the distinctly illiberal pursuit of vengeance against class enemies through policies that may be counterproductive but that have the advantage of penalizing a part of the population that so-called liberals find distasteful. I wrote about this dimension of the President’s platform during the campaign (see “Obama’s punitive liberalism, or why treating success as a form of failure is wrong“). [...]

By: Roger’s Rules » Commander-in-chief vs. Nanny-in-chief, or two cheers for selfishness

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:19:47 +0000

[...] in this space a few weeks ago, Obama espouses a form of what James Piereson has called “punitive liberalism.” Because he regards the American people as essentially selfish (a sentiment memorably [...]

By: Punitive Liberalism « Thinking Things Through

Punitive Liberalism « Thinking Things Through — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:40:55 +0000

[...] I was not familiar with the phrase “punitive liberalism” until I read this essay. The term originates with James Pierson who wrote: the Democratic party was gradually taken over by [...]

By: Amused Cynic » Blog Archive » The year was 2008, Obama was about to become president, and everyone was finally about to become equal…Why am I suddenly thinking so much about John Galt, Winston Smith, and Harrison Bergeron?

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:00:13 +0000

[...] observed in this space a few weeks ago, Obama espouses a form of what James Piereson has called “punitive liberalism.” Because he regards the American people as essentially selfish (a sentiment memorably reinforced [...]