Comments on: All This Stuff has a Price Tag http://spaceninja.com/2008/10/all-this-stuff-has-a-price-tag/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-this-stuff-has-a-price-tag CSS ninja, last of the freelance hackers, greatest swordfighter in the world Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa Small http://spaceninja.com/2008/10/all-this-stuff-has-a-price-tag/#comment-129090 Lisa Small Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:01:30 +0000 http://spaceninja.com/?p=3239#comment-129090 It drives me wild that this is not a lesson we expect people to master in <b>high school</b>. Why is this so unclear to so many people? All laborers are worthy of their hire — every worker should get paid — and every worker should pay back into the common pot a reasonable percentage to finance the society that makes their work and wages possible. No matter what Rush and Rove say, <a HREF="http://lisasmall.livejournal.com/46797.html?thread=49101#t49101" rel="nofollow">capitalism relies on taxes to provide the infrastructure which makes private profit possible</a>. And that's what Obama is promoting, not socialism, which is a different kettle of fish. It drives me wild that this is not a lesson we expect people to master in high school.

Why is this so unclear to so many people?

All laborers are worthy of their hire — every worker should get paid — and every worker should pay back into the common pot a reasonable percentage to finance the society that makes their work and wages possible.

No matter what Rush and Rove say, capitalism relies on taxes to provide the infrastructure which makes private profit possible. And that’s what Obama is promoting, not socialism, which is a different kettle of fish.

]]>