A World Without Prices
Thomas Sowell’s column posted last Tuesday at Townhall.com is, to say the least, priceless. It would be a world where you would "not have to worry about ugly little things like price tags." Want a Rolex or a Rolls-Royce, you just go get one, or even two. Don’t believe there is such a world? Sowell writes:
“There is such a world. It is the world of political rhetoric. No wonder so many people are attracted to that world. It would be a great place to live.” (emphasiss added)
The column should be “required reading” for every citizen before they enter a voting book. Sowell treats us with such verbal treats as:
“Politicians have more ways of escaping from prices than Houdini had ways of escaping from locks. When savvy pols want to hand out goodies, but don't want to take responsibility for raising taxes to pay for them, they can tax people who can't vote -- namely the next generation -- by getting the money by selling government bonds that future taxpayers will have to redeem.”
He concludes with the following:
“But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric, a world that so many want to be in, where they can play Santa Claus without even the cost of buying a costume.”
What a wacky place -- the world of political rhetoric.