Thursday, October 30, 2008

Wealth Redistribution: A Story

Just had to post this:

Yesterday on my way to breakfast at the Original Pancake House, I passed a homeless guy at the corner of the parking lot, with a sign that read “Vote Obama, I need the money.”My waiter was fast, efficient and courteous, but I could not help but notice the “Obama ’08” tee shirt.So then I told him I was going to play the part of a “loving and caring government” [quoting the waiter back at him] and redistribute his $3 tip to someone that I deemed more in need — and I pointed out the window to the homeless guy outside. My waiter stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away.

Read the whole thing here

From WendyMcElroy.com, via The Young Fogey

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You can take any idea too far.

Benedictus said...

I'm not sure what argument you're trying to make here, Anonymous. Could you expand?