Golden egg
posted in General |I was a little kid when I first heard the story about killing the goose that laid the golden egg. For a number of years I simply regarded the old story as a fable, but then in adulthood the point of the story became clear. Capitalism is by far – the best socio-eco system in the history of civilization. More good has come from this system than anything else conceived by man. It has one failing —- while benefiting 85-90% of the populace, there are others for whatever reason who are left behind. Now our left wing friends are our to undermine or destroy capitalism because the fruits of success are not distributed “equally” — i.e., to the have-nots of society. I don’t quarrel with the noble idea of caring for our fellow man. But I strongly disagree with the notion that the solution is “robbing Peter to pay Paul”.
The taxing authority is a very powerful tool of government. Taking from one to give it to another is a major step toward killing the goose that lays the golden egg. Loading the burdens of society on the backs of business operations has its limits in terms of finance, quality, spirit, pay and all of the other benefits of employment. “Share the wealth”, they say. That is a nice euphamism for the State to decide how you live your life. The State will decide how much of your income you can keep. Our capitalism system can carry only so much of the cost of government and when the cost burden gets too high the Goose will die and there willno longer be any golden eggs. Too dramatic?? I don’t think so. As long as our politicos continue to blame and bad-mouth business for the ills of society the downhill slide becomes steeper. the old axioms still hold true —-tax, tax, tax – spend, spend, spend, — Tax, Tax, Tax. And the left wingers give it the ho-hum. “Its only tax money – doesn’t belong to anyone.”