The New York Times writes: “The United States does less than other rich countries to transfer income from the affluent to the less fortunate.”
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “In the left-wing mind, if you are more affluent, it’s because you are more fortunate.”
“What if it had said we don’t believe in transferring money from the affluent to the less hard-working? There’s a relationship between affluence and hard work. The people who earn more work more. They watch less TV. They play fewer games.”
“I’d like to ask those who earn $50,000 a year — did you walk around thinking you were unfortunate? If you were on the left, yes. On the right, no.”
“This is why the left believes in taking money away from some people and giving it to others to have a more egalitarian society — because it is just a matter of fortune.”
“I’ve never looked at the very wealthy as more fortunate than me.”
“Derek Jeter has more money than I but why does that make him more fortunate?”
“Through age 40, I made about $65,000 a year. I had a salary of $35,000 a year and I supplemented it with lectures.”
