June 27, 2008

Against Envy

I’m a big fan of Dave Ramsey, whose radio show and cable show on personal finance and personal responsibility are inspiring. He reaches millions every day. He just posted a great essay in his June e-newsletter, in which he rants:

I have seen several elitist people on the talking-head channels make the statement lately that people making over $250,000 per year have a “moral imperative” to pay more in taxes to take care of the country’s problems. This is not only infuriating–it is economically, spiritually, and morally crazy!

Please, America, re-think the politics of envy! You are sowing the seeds of our destruction…

Read the whole thing.