Ever the populist, ash bristles at the whiff of corporate aristocracy. When such elitism permeates an editorial defending the indefensible, ash refutes it not statistic by statistic, but by attacking the underlying attitude itself. Can you say disingenous and self-serving?
Facts and figures. The facts can’t be proven and the figures can distort. I’m no economist nor need I be to spot a phony, smiley-faced, corporate editorial when I read one.
Of course, Mr. Copley or one of his associates telegraphed his motives with the reference to “the discredited liberal argument.” Pay no attention to the pejorative party attempting to exploit you, good citizen, with its warnings of reverse Robin Hood policies. Pay no attention to the prima facie logic of cutting taxes on wealthier Americans adversely affecting the poor.
I laughed when headquarters endorsed Mr. Bush for reelection in 2004. Fast-forward through a panoply of similar indefensible political positions and Copley et. al has become beyond abominable. One of the hallmarks of bureaucratic government is to seize power with one hand while reassuring the gullible there’s nothing to be alarmed about with the other. As society becomes increasingly polarized economically, still no revolution occurs.
Does this sound like socialist dogma? Tough. Someone once remarked about the evils of unbridled capitalism. Let’s pay attention to that.