I have to say, I never thought I’d read a blogger on NRO endorse the notion that all of the money you earn belongs to the state. I certainly never thought that read it twice in a year. But here we are, again … and I feel compelled to engage in an excruciating debate with Robert VerBruggen of Phi Beta Con.
Question: Is there any substantive difference between the government cutting you a check or cutting your taxes?
VerBruggen agrees with the Progressives on the Supreme Court: Nope, all your money is the goverment’s!
But his odd insistence that government checks and tax cuts are the same began months ago, when he expounded more extensively if not coherently on this same subject.
I attempted to illustrate where he had gone wrong in his thinking by taking his positions to an extreme. To my surprise, VerBruggen agreed with my modest proposal to eliminate all charitable tax deductions and credits and capitulate comprehensively to the welfare state