Re: RFC: dividend tax cut piece

K,

I actually found it overall quite clear and straight-up, even the 
earlier draft, so I didn't say a thing. But as to closing it off....

>       In either case, a progressive taxation scheme, in which the rich pay
>       more than anyone else, falls out with very little effort. The rich
>       are, by definition, those who have received the most benefit from the
>       existence of the state and the market. In which case, it is morally
>       justifiable that the rich pay more because the rich have received more
>       benefit from the system. Or the rich are, by definition, those who are
>       able to pay more; it is morally justifiable that they pay more because
>       they have more after securing the necessities of a good life.

Well, I think a good closing following this graf would be a recap on the 
social effects of the tax plan: it is morally justifiable, and if we 
decide to go against this course of action, we can expect these negative 
results (social ills, etc). That is, even if we decided to ignore the 
moral course of action, we would be bringing down future social ills on 
ourself, as history shows, which makes the tax cut an act of not simply 
ignorance or self-serving plutocratic hog-swilling, but a willful, 
malicious act sabotaging the future health of the country in the 
interest of a miniscule few today. And we should be enraged!

I want a Quake where the monsters are Republicans.

pef