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Boogey_Man
2008-08-19 21:31:20

To Anon and any other person of the left,
Please define the following words.
Fair
Fair share
Selfish
Greedy

Since most Dem domestic policy( and tax policy in particulare) are based around these and similar words, it would be very helpful to understand exactly what is meant by these terms.

Im sure they cant define these terms. Dem/progressive/Left thinking tends to be emotional based and these vague words exemplify this. Powerful, evocative words, yet possessing no defined borders or precise meaning. They are situational words. They only mean what an individuals gut tells them, changing moment to moment, person to person.

This is why debates between Progressives and Conservitives can be so maddening. A Conservitive wants to set the tax rate and structure such that it maximizes revenue to the Treasury and economic activity while minimizing unemployment. A Progressive wants to set the tax rate and tax structure so as to punish all of those evil clones of Thirsten Howell the Third. If only they could find these evil, elusive men (doubtlessly clad in top hat and tails, drinking martini’s before noon and speaking with a snooty accent through clenched teeth) they could tax them at 100% and thus exact vengence in the name of the worlds poor.

That is the difference. The Right argues economics. The Left seeks to attack people it deems evil.