Reply #11: It's the "lucky ducky" syndrome [View All]

Somewhere, some poor person might get something that he or she didn't sweat blood to attain. A good parking space near the store entrance. An extra $41 last month in their disability payment. A clerk counted out the wrong change, and they got an extra buck. Such grievous instances of financial redistribution of wealth must be tracked down and redressed at once!

Did you know that when poor people die, they can pass on every last penny they've managed to save to their survivors? But a man who robbed, cheated and stole from others all his life to amass a personal fortune of $150 million can't just hand that on to his progeny? Those poor trust fund kids have to begin life at a serious disadvantage by taking only $90 million out of dear old dad's pile! That's double taxation! Or something. Wait, the kids didn't pay a dime in taxes on anything they got.

Well, I'm sure that any of those poor people who lost everything won't get a dime more in compensation than is absolutely necessary. Folks like Dick Cheney (who "earned" over $175,000 last year from Halliburton, and picked up an additional $90,000 in tax cuts he voted for himself) will dole out the aid with an eye-dropper to make sure that none of those lucky duckies actually "profit" from this disaster.