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Irregular commentary on whatever's on my mind -- politics, sports, current events, and life in general. After twenty years of writing business and community newsletters, fifteen years of fantasy baseball newsletters, and two years of email "columns", this is, I suppose, the inevitable result: the awful conceit that someone might actually care to read what I have to say. Posts may be added often, rarely, or never again. As always, my mood and motivation are unpredictable.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Oh, Those Facebook Shares!


Another day, another FB share from another friend.  Most I scroll past, but occasionally I linger, like on this one.

OK, the simple idea expressed in the image is inarguable.  We all want to be self-reliant, and no one wants to be dependent on the government.  (The "slavery" thing is a bit over the top.  Whatever.)

But what are you really saying here?  That "dependency" is a huge problem in this country?  Really?  If it's not a problem, what's your point?  Do you personally know large numbers of people dependent on the government?  Name ten real quick.  How about five?  Three?  And what exactly do you mean by "dependency"?

I'll just give you a little reminder that the average taxpayer pays $36 a year to fund the luxurious dependence of SNAP, SCHIP and WIC.  The same average taxpayer $2436 a year to fund corporate subsidies.

Who is dependent?  



As always, it pays to check the source before sharing.  In this case, it was the "Capitalism" Facebook page.  It's an Ayn Rand fan-boy page.  It's motto is "Capitali$m is Freedom."  (Note the cute $.)  It's tag line, "Living Well is the Best Revenge."  (Revenge for what, I never knew.)

As Billie sang, "God bless the child that got's his own."

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