One thing I really don't understand is the existence of all these wannabe conservatives out there who support the income tax.

I saw a lot of that in response to my prior posts in which I asserted the rather obvious conservative position that a tax on consumption is preferable to a tax on income.

Anyone who knows anything about politics knows the income tax originated as a Marxist idea, as the author of this page describing Ron Paul's position on taxes notes:



As someone who observes politicians for a living I find myself in constant amazement at the number of supposedly conservative Republicans who will mouth this Marxist mantra.

Whenever a question comes up about some sort of tax on consumption whether it be on gas, cigarettes, soft drinks or whatever, the typical such character will immediately start talking about its effect on "the little guy" or some such nonsense.

Listen to Ron in the above clip and you will hear him point out that the country got along fine with various consumption taxes until we got the income tax almost a hundred years ago.

That tax was supposed to be set in the single digits, but Woodrow Wilson promptly employed the revenue to get us involved in the war "to make the world safe for democracy" that instead led to the rise of communism.

World War I also led to World War II and by the time that was over the income tax had skyrocketed to over 90 percent, where it stayed through the 1950s.



There is a sort of mind that puts all of these big-government shenanigans under the umbrella of conservatism. But it is not a good sort of mind.

Anyone who believes in that sort of thing is afflicted with the very worst sort of class envy.

I don't mind listening to some liberal wail about how Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary - or some such nonsense.

That's what liberals do. But it's not the rate that matters - at least not to us conservatives.

Buffett or any similarly situated rich guy pays hundred of times as much in taxes as you or I do. That's what matters.

If Buffett wants to do so of his own free will, good for him.

But why should he pay any more than I do for the same level of government services?

If I go to Island Beach State Park they'll charge me $5 to go in.

Should they charge Buffett $5,000?

This sort of idiocy has already taken hold in Europe. Some countries actually charge rich guys more for speeding tickets.

Anyway, leave that idiocy to the liberals - which is what you are if you support the income tax.

Also, enjoy the clip below of Ron straightening out liberal loudmouth Ed Schultz.