Jonathan Chait critiques Ayn Rand in The New Republic…have at it.
Henry
Sep 142009
Tessie’s birthday is today; she’s 5.
Using current ‘Tax Freedom Day’ calculations, Tessie can expect to spend the first 20 years* of her working life as a slave to a ‘just’ society.
20 years.
Social welfare is a huge burden on our freedom and our children’s future. In Tessie’s case it means 20 years of indentured servitude.
20 years of her future stolen from her.
*41% of 45 years of 5 day work weeks = 18.75 work week years, rounded to 20 to account a bit for earning more at the end of her life than the beginning
Ok, I know everyone is busy, swamped, but read this article . It’s short. Tell me why we would ever listen to CNN again?
Odds of dying calculator found here.
Not surprisingly, if you enter age 50-59, all causes, and compare US and Europe, you’re twice as likely to die in the next year if you live in Europe vs the US.
Great column here…