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From your lips to God's ears
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Says Liberal Rob in the comments:
I didn't even know there was an elite millionaire pundit class, outside of Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh, but gosh, how do I join?
if selfishness is the *only* explanation of anti-tax agitation, how do you account for libertarian journalists and policy wonks living on salaries in the low five digits who will in all probability never break $100K? What is their selfish interest?
It is the belief that some day (soon!) they will join the ranks of the elite millionaire pundit class; at which time, having achieved wealth, they do not want to be obligated to give any part of it (or as small a part as possible) back to the society in which they have succeeded. Or if they do not hold out such a hope, they have been brainwashed (willingly or not) into believing in a philosophy that does not serve not only their own self-interest, but that of society as a whole. There is no other explanation than that, once you strip away all the obfuscatory language.
I didn't even know there was an elite millionaire pundit class, outside of Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh, but gosh, how do I join?
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