Monday, August 31, 2009

It's time to embrace American royalty

Glenn Greenwald nails it in It's time to embrace American royalty.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It is not time to "embrace" American royalty, it is rather time to "accept" American royalty. Who could argue against the fact that we all know that family and personal connections open doors that mere ability and hard work simply do not.

It is just a fact of life that nepotism and croynism exist, and in fact, flourish regardless of what nation, society, or culture one lives in.

We might as well accept this basic tenet of human nature rather than try to change it, or ignore it. That doesn't mean we can't account for it.

I say tax the incomes of high wealth individuals, many of whom owe much or all of their financial success mainly to their parents stations in life (directly or indirectly).

This would help to inure the benefits of this realtiy to all.