Daniel Greenfield writes in Sultan Knish, Government Money, 3/17/13

Excerpts:

How much money has flowed from the Obama Administration to its friends in the private sector in just the last year alone? And how much of that money was used to secure jobs for its allied unions, money which is then kicked back to liberal politicians running for office? Entire states are going bankrupt because of political trusts formed by politicians and public sector unions which pass money back and forth to each other in the plain sight of God and the American taxpayer.

This is not the mere concentration of wealth, but the ruthless concentration of power. The real money isn’t coming from that top 1 percent, it’s coming from unions, lobbies and companies which use political power to extract public money. And that money goes to the party which is so determined to keep on extracting that money no matter what it takes.

The big government left keeps playing the class warfare card, but for all their murmuring, it is not the top 1 percent that robs the middle-class blind and then sends them the bill. Even the worst company in the world isn’t as larcenously extortionate as the politicians who spend and kick back, and then cry poverty and raise taxes. They shout that we need to raise taxes on the rich, and supposing that we do, where will that money go? Even if we strip that 1 percent of all their wealth and dress them up in barrels, is there anyone who does not believe that those in power will still contrive to spend it all and run up huge deficits anyway?

HKO

I just came back from Detroit and the stories of its demise are understated. I don’t think I saw a single block without burned out or boarded up buildings for miles. Population has dropped 50% in the last decade, 1/4 of homes are in foreclosure, there are 400 liquor stores and no major grocery chains.  Who is responsible for such community failure?  the greedy 1% or the government and the unions who controlled the real power in the city.

While there is concern about the inequality of wealth and income (much of the data used to support this thesis is very misleading) , the real tragedy has come from the inequality in power.

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