Chris Christie on Taxing the Rich
Mollie Hemingway, Ed. ·
November 29, 2011 at 2:58pm
It would be better if everyone displayed this common sense, but it's nice that we have a few good legislators, governors and others who understand what's un-American about the latest income disparity nonsense.
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May '10
Re: Chris Christie on Taxing the Rich
I have tried to quash the big man jokes in my mind and perhaps it is the fact that I have been flush with pie myself the last week, but the governors' use of food analogies, specifically his bemoaning finite pie thinking and keeping a piece for himself is striking me as sweet.
May '10
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If we could clear up one piece of the left's flawed thinking, it would be to get them to understand that free-market economics is not a zero-sum game. From that one misconception flows so much of their thinking and worldview: "Some are rich because others are poor." Gaps would be immoral if such were the case, but it most certainly isn't the case. PJ O'Rourke's Eat the Rich (with George Gilder's The Israel Test a close second) is the best at explaining this basic concept.
Flip the left on this one point, and we're in business.
Feb '11
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Mollie, it would be nice if everyone displayed this common sense. Seems like people can really connect with this type of thinking and appeal. So why don't right-leaning politicians use this simple, fair theme (among others)? Why isn't this basic connection being broadcast far and wide? No wonder we're all so unimpressed and despairing of the current field. No wonder we're all aching for someone to simply state the obvious - as Christie shows, it isn't that difficult to do.
Feb '11
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Oh, and it's clips like this that start me thinking how much leeway I'd give to Christie, how much conservative apostasy I'd forgive.
Nov '10
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And on the other hand, there's this. (It's a link to a NYT article on how Ronald S. Lauder, heir to the Estée Lauder fortune, shelters his money from taxation). How does one resolve this? Or is it something one should even consider resolving? I really don't know.
May '11
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Scott, you address this is if the Left simply does not understand that America is not a zero sum game.
I would argue that the Left knows this truth perfectly well. It simply does not fit their power hungry agenda.
The current Democrat party has gone over the edge for Socialism (call it Progressivism if you want...same thing). They simply do not believe in the traditional American way nor in the Constitution. This class warfare is deliberate and vile and they do not care.
Unfortunately, many Republican leaders are so power hungry they allow the rhetoric to go unchallenged so as to position themselves as the only thing standing between Democrats and freedom.
Apr '11
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Viewing clips like this with my governor and also the Paul Ryan clips send me into a depression. We have such a sorry lot of presidential candidate but our bench is overloaded (hee hee) with talent. I completely understand why Christie, Ryan and Mitch Daniels are sitting this one out - but boy do I wish they weren't.
This is our most desperate hour. Help us Chris/Paul/Mitch. You're our only hope.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLx0BCjtxx8
Oct '10
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Nothing to resolve. It's his money. He keeps much of it in accordance with the law - and gives away a bunch, too.
The funniest/saddest line in the article is this:
How, exactly, was the family's wealth "bolstered" - supported or strengthened - by having acted in accordance with the law?
Jan '11
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Socialism is so blindingly attractive to some that it's frustrating to understand that the governor is right and yet he's shoveling sand against the tide - and beyond frustrating when it's understood that nothing can change that. Against socialism, logic is inappropriate.
Edited on November 29, 2011 at 4:43pmMay '10
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Pilli
Scott, you address this is if the Left simply does not understand that America is not a zero sum game.
I would argue that the Left knows this truth perfectly well. It simply does not fit their power hungry agenda.
Pilli, I've no doubt most Dem politicians are full well aware of the truth -- and, hence, their rhetoric reflects pure cynicism. But that rhetoric resonates with their constituents, and the left-leaning masses worldwide, precisely because the zero-sum misconception is so pervasive.
Aug '10
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Let's see...who has Christie endorsed again? Oh yeah - ROMNEY!
What does he know that the anti-Romney crowd doesn't?
Re: Chris Christie on Taxing the Rich
Frozen Chosen: Let's see...who has Christie endorsed again? Oh yeah - ROMNEY!
What does he know that the anti-Romney crowd doesn't? · Nov 29 at 8:14am
That Romney promised him a gig in his administration?
May '10
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Still reserved about Gov Christie, great rhetoric, can't fault his logic but his actions in New Jersey do not seem to be in alignment with them. It is a state that spends way to much of education, fails to tackle ridiculous levels of regulation and has used Fed government stimulus money to claim the budget is balanced.
I am leaving out Christie's ridiculous support for some extreme Islamic imams, the Ground Zero Mosque, and less than rigourous defence of the 2nd amendment.
I am not going to use the RINO term here, as I don't think this is justified. but Christie's commitment to conservative action, and not just rhetoric, leave significant doubts in my mind.
For his sake Gov Christie (and I) better get our weight under better control in the next 12 months, or we may not see many more Christmases.
Nov '10
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Christie approaches greatness here, and taps into Milton Friedman in the classic video in which Milton sets Phil Donohue straight on the universality of greed. Christie understands that those who rail at inequality have no idea how to make everyone equally prosperous. Everything they want to do can only make everyone equally miserable.
The ability to express profound ideas in simple everyday language is a great gift and Christie has it.
Dec '10
Re: Chris Christie on Taxing the Rich
Frozen Chosen: Let's see...who has Christie endorsed again? Oh yeah - ROMNEY!
What does he know that the anti-Romney crowd doesn't? · Nov 29 at 8:14am
Christie seems oblivious of the contradictions between his anti-redistribution rhetoric and his support for Romney, who proposes tax cuts that apply only to those making less than $200,000.
Apr '11
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Mollie Hemingway, Ed.
Frozen Chosen: Let's see...who has Christie endorsed again? Oh yeah - ROMNEY!
What does he know that the anti-Romney crowd doesn't? · Nov 29 at 8:14am
That Romney promised him a gig in his administration? · Nov 29 at 8:19am
Can it please be as Press Secretary?
Aug '10
Re: Chris Christie on Taxing the Rich
Mollie Hemingway, Ed.
Frozen Chosen: Let's see...who has Christie endorsed again? Oh yeah - ROMNEY!
What does he know that the anti-Romney crowd doesn't? · Nov 29 at 8:14am
That Romney promised him a gig in his administration? · Nov 29 at 8:19am
The only possible gig that the big man would take is VP and I seriously doubt he would even do that.
Nov '11
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Hey Guys, "saludos" from a yank living in Barcelona..
Boy!! Do I miss this kind of talking.. You will never hear European politicians, let alone Spanish politicians (even the conservatives) use this kind of discourse. For them, it is too vulgar and simplified. It is how a plebe would speak.