Comments on: Fremont passes second tax in two months

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:16:32 +0000

So – we’re in agreement – mine is not a completely “elitist” position – as you had previously suggested.

By: Marty

Marty — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:11:17 +0000

That is a good summation, Jon. One view is Utopian and the other is one of a realist.

By: Jon Simon

Jon Simon — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:05:01 +0000

Churchill and Mencken.

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:49:48 +0000

Actually, I think Jon is choosing to ignore that Eugene Debs was very much a socialist and influenced by the work and thinking of Karl Marx. Debs could not have been defined as “elitist” by any except one who seeks to grind a particular political position.

See my post of 12/31 8:04 AM

By: Jon Simon

Jon Simon — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:54:41 +0000

Funny that you would quote elitists.

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:18:03 +0000

“A good politician under democracy is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
- H.L. Mencken

“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”
- Winston Churchill

By: Jon Simon

Jon Simon — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:52:10 +0000

On this blog, the complainers are republicans and libertarians. Didn’t you notice?

A better summing up is that, when it comes to government, Democrats thing we rise together. Republicans think we each rise on our own.

By: Marty

Marty — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:13:49 +0000

I think Jon sums it up well. Democrats would like to spend other people’s money, but following up their incessant complaining with an actual vote is not likely, so taxes remain at manageable levels

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:04:59 +0000

A curious fellow once said – “Nor is the peoples judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.”

I believe Debs was his name.

By: Jon Simon

Jon Simon — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:57:30 +0000

I don’t think there’s such thing as a tax tyranny of those who bother to vote. The polls I’ve seen show non-voters to lean far more towards being Democrat than voters. I think more than 50% + 1 is a good thing, though 2/3 is too high a bar. 55% would be a much better target.