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June 18, 2012

Parasites: "The Washington saying is, '€˜Be at the table or be on the menu.' "

The consequence is that almost everyone who actually does something productive is on the menu for those who do nothing but redistribute the wealth.
Regarding these leeches, DeLong asks, why should they want to abolish themselves? "What else would they do, besides suck blood? Many second-and third-generation members of the class make a similar claim: they must command because they are not trained to do anything else." Come to think of it, that is true.  And yet leeches are progressively losing their legitimacy because everyone is suffering from the mess they have made of things. -- Belmont Club » The Coming of the Next American Republic

Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 18, 2012 5:41 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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