We are Still Stupid

January 25, 2010

I know we just talked about this a couple of days ago, but you’re probably too stupid to remember.

This time it’s Editor in Chief of Time Magazine that calls the American people idiots. Really. In his rant entitled “To Dumb to Thrive” he states:

“Absolutely amazing poll results from CNN today about the $787 stimulus package: nearly three out of four Americans think the money has been wasted. On second thought, they may be right: it’s been wasted on them. Indeed, the largest single item in the package–$288 billion–is tax relief for 95% of the American public. This money is that magical $60 to $80 per month you’ve been finding in your paycheck since last spring. Not a life changing amount, but helpful in paying the bills.

The next highest amount was $275 billion in grants and loans to states. This is why your child’s teacher wasn’t laid off…and why the fire station has remained open, and why you’re not paying even higher state and local taxes to close the local budget hole.….

It is impossible to be a citizen if you don’t make an effort to understand the most basic activities of your government. It is very difficult to thrive in an increasingly competitive world if you’re a nation of dodos.”

I was going to take a shot at this, but Bluto over at The Jawa Report did such a fine job, I’ll let you read him. Here’s how he starts off:

“Joe, let me put this in terms that someone like you, a sheltered ultra-liberal media parasite, can understand. The stimulus package operates on the economy in a zero-sum manner. If the government, which produces nothing, decides to spend however many tens of billions of dollars on “shovel-ready” boondoggles and buy-the-vote projects, that money comes from taxpayers, the people who are actually producing things.”

H/T Doug Ross @Journal

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