[sirshackleton]

Democracy presumes and enshrines equality.

Well, it presumes wrong.

[Sparta]

Would Kinsley like some cheese with that whine?

[witnesstothefall]

The Straw Man says, capitalism and representative government won out in the Cold War. There's no such thing as a democratic capitalist country in this world. Commies love twisting the meaning of PLAIN ENGLISH words. It's the only way Marxism ever makes any sense.

[kevkrom]

Already posted

[tahiti]

"...Constitution that guard individuals against tyranny of the majority—for example, by forbidding the government to take your property without due process of law."

Oh, Michael, Michael, Michael.

Your forgot the most important phrase of the 5th amendment concerning the right of private property:

"nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."

Just about every state and federal regulation violates that clause of the constitution and you make it appear just to be a simple matter of providing a citizne with due process of law in order to take their property.

How convenient.

[cake_crumb]

So capitalism is bad and President Bush is a tyrant.

YAWN...and upon yet another re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re count, Al Gore lost the election in 2,000 again. The left has no imagination.

If you feel a strange sence of deja vu, the left tried this with President Reagan and the first President Bush. We're in a leftist-manufactured rerun of media hype from the Reagan/Bush era.

[ThinkDifferent]

A minimum-wage worker today must pay the FICA payroll tax of 15 percent (if you include the employer's share, as economists agree you should)

And yet when any attempt is made to reform the Social Security Ponzi scheme liberals howl in protest, because they rely on keeping as many people as possible dependent on government benefits.

[Southack]

"The recently enacted tax bill is such a shocking and brazen gift for the wealthy that it is hard to describe in anything short of these cartoon-Marxist terms."

Who benefits under the President’s plan?

Everyone who pays taxes—especially middle-income Americans — as tax rate reductions passed by Congress in 2001 are made effective immediately. Middle-income families will receive additional relief from accelerated reduction of the marriage penalty, a faster increase in the child tax credit, and immediate implementation of the new, lower 10 percent tax bracket.

"Oh no, not the bottom 10% tax bracket?! We here at Slate wish that taxes on the working rednecks in flyover country would be up at the old 15% level, at least!"

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[Pompah]

Michael Kinsley ??
Is that Pencil-Neck Geeek still alive.?