Reparations: TANSTAAFL

Project 21 ^ | 5.10.02 | Michael King

[mhking]

Now you can even see what my ugly mug looks like...

[eddie willers]

I see why you're on radio. : )

[eddie willers]

PS. Good essay.

[Travis McGee]

Where's the ugly mug? I feel ripped off.

[aristotleman]

Time.com Jenin Poll

This poll needs lots of freeping. The pali-sympathizers are casting 500 votes a second claiming they believe there's been a massacre. Freep often and lots of.

[Fred Mertz]

I think you may have coined a new acronym. At least I've never seen it before.

Super essay.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Good article, bump.

[Torie]

There is such a thing as a free lunch to an "aggrieved" group. It is called Indian reservation gambling casinos. How this particular cancer metasticized is an interesting topic. See ya.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Read Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Excellent column, Michael. Thanks for posting it.

[Lazamataz]

You kick ass.

However, can I present you my idea?

Each and every time someone mentions reparations, enthusiastically agree. Tell them each and every black person -- or even any person who is slighty tan from a little exposure to sun in June -- should get 40 acres.

Of FEDERAL land.

This does two things:

1. It pits the race hustlers against the greenie weenies, who want all land in government control. And any time we can split the Democrat party and encourage bloodletting within it, life is good.

2. If by some miracle it does pass, it frees federal land and puts it in private hands. Anytime this happens, capitalism increases and everyone profits. I don't care if the land goes to every drug dealer and crack whore in America -- they will sell the land, someone will use it wisely, and wealth will be created. Land rushes are followed each and every time by massive increases in prosperity.

I've already done the math -- it would free up less than 2% of the nations federal land.

So in a way, if reparations happened -- this way -- the left would be hamstrung and wounded in several ways, and we would flourish and wealth would be created. LONG LIVE (MY VERSION OF) REPARATIONS!!!! :o)

[Lazamataz]

Also, did I mention that your article totally kicks ass?

[Lazamataz]

I think you may have coined a new acronym. At least I've never seen it before.

Ergo, you are not as hopelessly geeky as Mike and I are. :o) TANSTAAFL has been around for 30 - 40 years. Heinlein is one of the very best Science Fiction authors. I also like Niven and Azimov, but Heinlein's writing has a gritty reality to it that is compelling.

[Lazamataz]

Very cool people check in to this forum from time to time. I am impressed with the caliber and direction of thought expressed by these occasional visitors.

[Khepera]

It's about time you expressed an opinion. And a good one too.

[Lazamataz]

BTW, I just called you an 'occasional visitor' to the forum. My intent was to provoke you to share your thoughts with us more often. :o)

[Lazamataz]

It's about time you expressed an opinion. And a good one too.

To my mind, there is nothing as crystaline and pure as a black conservative. Black people have the most to gain from NON PREDJUDICIAL capitalism, and I would say that this generation -- my generation -- having been raised under the civil rights era, are inclined to look at the measure of a man and not some silly skin color -- and are thusly more inclined to be non-prejudical in their capitalist endeavors.

So with the family values black people have, the tightly bonded families that occur when a responsible black man anchors a household, they seem like they would be natural conservatives.

[lonestar]

see what Michael looks like, bump

Great article, too!

[Britton J Wingfield]

Heinlein bump :)