tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post5606224438558386313..comments2024-03-03T04:40:39.492-05:00Comments on Fire Megan McArdle: Daily Dose of Dumb, yesterday editionbradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907349163323395529noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-21185836176362170392007-10-24T04:41:00.000-04:002007-10-24T04:41:00.000-04:00Too hot to actually compose & post something, but ...Too hot to actually compose & post something, but great googly-moogly!! <BR/>First of all, what exactly does Warren Buffet do that qualifies as "work?" Let alone the "highly paid consultants & lawyers?" Surely consultants & lawyers are, if not out & out leeches, a drag on society, & not very "productive," other than producing high fees for themselves? <BR/>And most small businesses in this country are essentially operated as cash cows for the owner & his/her family, while screwing their non-union, powerless employees as much as they can.<BR/><BR/>Hell, should've at least done this @ "As. Info."M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-67794249060182602562007-10-23T15:56:00.000-04:002007-10-23T15:56:00.000-04:00Warren Buffet might not stop working if you ratche...<I>Warren Buffet might not stop working if you ratcheted his tax rate up to 60%, but a goodly number of highly paid consultants, lawyers, small business owners and so forth would</I><BR/><BR/>I used to hear this argument in my econ classes all the time. People will just stop working if taxes are too high. None of my professors were ever able to satisfactorily explain how people would feed themselves after making such a protest gesture, though one tried to argue for a return of the barter economy.<BR/><BR/>Of course, that was at a pretty shoddy department, so you should probably factor that in somewhere.Fishbone McGoniglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296472885854104262noreply@blogger.com