I have a relative who was self-employed. For years, he only worked 7-8 months a year because after a certain point, he paid 2/3 in taxes, right off the top. "What's the point?", he'd say, "Why should I work for only 30-odd cents on the dollar?". He completely quit a few years back, decided that it was more fun to play with his grandkids.
I've got several other relatives - self-employed, small businessmen, all - who have dramatically curtailed their work, or completely gotten out of their businesses entirely over the past few years. Same attitude...."What's the point?". For the self-employed, the only changes are to their own immediate lifestyle. But, for the small-business owners among them, the "changes" affected dozens, if not a couple of hundred, employees.
I think, in general, the change will be bad. And, it will happen from the top-down. Not, as Obama thinks, the bottom up. For no other reason than a man making $200,000 has ten times more purchasing clout than one making $20K. Not to be crass, but it really *is* all about money.
Are any of the people calling for this “Going Galt” thing actually doing it themselves? Has Dr. Helen Smith quit being a forensic pathologist?
Michelle Malkin is obviously as busy as ever. Why is it that all of the examples of “going Galt” are unverifiable?
Wait! I know! Dumbest. Idea. Ever.