The right has framed all of this as giving handouts to bums and crack whores on the streets. It’s hardly that. This “wealth distribution” is more better described as investments in alternative energy, investments in infrastructure, investments in health, investments in education, investments in our youth, and paying down our debt.
Most agree that we need to do all of these things, but no one wants to pay for them. This nation is on the brink of insolvency, yet when the bill comes due everyone whines about having to pay it.
Lets go back to the original metaphor used in this post. Imagine you go out to dinner every night for 8 years, but you always charge it, never pay cash, and never pay down your credit card balance. All of a sudden your credit card company says, “dude, pay up, or else.” Are you then going to sit there and whine and moan that you have to pay the bill that you’ve spent the last 8 years racking up? You’ve had “free” meals for the past 8 years on someone else’s dime, yet you complain when your wallet is on the line. I think it’s time to grow up and face the reality of the situation.
