Hoisting Socialists on their Own Petard

Everything You Wanted to Know about the Economics of Redistribution in One Image:

International Liberty  

"Restraining Government in America and Around the World"

The Right Kind of Class Warfare: Workers vs. Looters
. . . "Here’s an image Steve Conover shared with me. It comes from his book, Neutering the National Debt, and it’s the perfect way to explain why the Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and the rest of the class warriors are wrong.

"The problem isn’t rich people. It’s looters and moochers, regardless of their income.". . . 

"What we have is basically the visual that I would have liked to include in my 2011 column that discussed the “good rich” and the “bad rich.” When debating those who are motivated by class warfare, I’m defending the rich in the white zone, but it would be helpful to have a way of distinguishing between the worthy and unworthy people with money.

"And the same is true for the non-rich. Most of them are good and decent folks earning an honest living and they belong in the white zone. But there are also some non-rich people who rely on government coercion. They could be overpaid government bureaucrats. They could be folks scamming the food stamp program or fraudsters bilking the EITC.

"P.S. For what it’s worth, I suspect that more than 50 percent of the folks in Washington belong in the red zone."