[lbo-talk] me against the right

[123hop at comcast.net]

[WS:]
an old British Labourite took the floor and pointed out that these
elaborate schemes have a slight problem - philanthropic intermediaries
that tend to get fat instead of trickling down the "philanthropic"
donations they receive.  He then paused for a while and added, "There
is of course a solution: a big, fat progressive tax."

Of course, this is not the "problem," this is the point. You spend most of the money getting degreed professionals to "help" the people who cannot help themselves and to write countless papers on why exactly these people cannot help themselves.

Paying the salaried professionals is cheaper than paying the poor and "helpless" and not only that, but then the salaried professionals also produce the justification for why the whole system should work exactly as it already does.

Joanna