Hateful Freedom?

Larken Rose

Should the victims of extortion stand together to RESIST their own prosperity?

June 20, 2008 - As the campaign to abolish the Massachusetts state income tax moves ahead, the redistributionist, collectivist crowd is losing its marbles.  The idea of not being able to steal a chunk of everyone's paycheck looks like the end of the world to them.  (Actually, maybe it IS the end of the world to them.)  But there was one quote from a story about it that was downright hilarious:

"We all need, as Democrats, to stand together and fight back this hateful attempt to do away with the income tax." _{[AFL-CIO President, Robert Haynes]}

So much utterly lunacy in one sentence, I hardly know where to begin.  First of all, "fight back"??  All Democrat voters need to "fight back" against someone trying to PREVENT them from being robbed?  If only Mr. Haynes were alive two hundred years ago:  "Us negroes have to fight back against this hateful attempt to do away with slavery!"  Why should the victims of extortion "stand together," united in their enslavement, to RESIST their own freedom and economic prosperity?  Just how stupid are union members?  (Pretty darn stupid, considering who their President is.)

And last, but by no means least:  "HATEFUL"??!!  Don't these cliché morons have anything better than that?  Wanting lower or fewer taxes is "hateful"?  (I seem to recall another Democrat a while back claiming that "Let's cut taxes" is the new racism.)  The following is a brief excerpt from my book, How To Be a Successful Tyrant:

Impugning Motives

In addition to belittling the opinions of your opponents, be sure also to frequently demonize those who hold those opinions.  The moment you question people's motives, they will almost always shift to defending themselves instead of arguing their original point.

Someone who opposes your attempts to become an enforced "charity" monopoly (via forced wealth redistribution) should be accused of wanting the poor to starve.  Those who oppose your take-over of the health care industry should be accused of not caring about people who get sick.  Those who oppose peasant disarmament should be accused of not being concerned about crime.  Those who don't want to be extorted by you should be portrayed as "greedy" and not wanting to pay their "fair share."

If the average peasant has to choose between "free goodies for all!" (your message) and an academic explanation of the long-term benefits of free market economics, he will almost always choose free stuff.  When the peasants view you as an all-powerful Santa Claus, they will hate anyone who attempts to rid them of their childish delusion.

I think Mr. Haynes has been reading my book, but he did a rotten job of being an effective tyrant.  Calling it "hateful" to want to keep what you earn is just plain idiotic.  Is that the best the commies (wearing the label "union") can do?  Again, we'll have to wait and see if the union folk in Massachusetts, or the rest of the people there, are stupid enough to fall for it.  I can just picture a horde of union morons rejoicing when they manage to preserve their own ongoing enslavement by keeping the state income tax in place.

STUMBLE IT!

       
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