Still following Adam Smith, it is also wise to attend to the “vile maxim” to which the “masters of mankind” are dedicated: “All for ourselves and nothing for other people” — a doctrine known otherwise as bitter and incessant class war, often one-sided, much to the detriment of the people of the home country and the world. – Dr. Noam Chomsky
“There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them.” – William Jennings Bryan, 1896
Rod Gonzalez over 5 years ago
Barney can be so philosophical.
V45mikky over 5 years ago
Those statistics are an urban myth.
jvn over 5 years ago
Barney has Frost on his mind (and soul).
Stephen Gilberg over 5 years ago
You mean all OTHER Americans.
Stephen Gilberg over 5 years ago
It occurs to me that Barney could have tuned Clyde out and figured that the poem excerpt would suffice for any occasion.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
Still following Adam Smith, it is also wise to attend to the “vile maxim” to which the “masters of mankind” are dedicated: “All for ourselves and nothing for other people” — a doctrine known otherwise as bitter and incessant class war, often one-sided, much to the detriment of the people of the home country and the world. – Dr. Noam Chomsky
“There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them.” – William Jennings Bryan, 1896
pabsfx-comics over 5 years ago
http://apps.urban.org/features/wealth-inequality-charts/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/203961/wealth-distribution-for-the-us/
Daeder over 5 years ago
Best not to care about anyone else; it’s worked so far.