Eye Beams

The Beam In Their Eyes | The New Ledger: "So, University of Chicago law professor Todd Henderson wrote a blog post discussing how his family would be affected by a rollback in the Bush tax cuts. Instantly, he was accused of “whining” by various commenters, and by the likes of Michael O’Hare, and Brad DeLong.

Via Glenn Reynolds, we find out another law instructor at the University of Chicago–and his wife–are much given to whining, despite being substantially wealthy. I wonder if O’Hare and DeLong will go after this latter couple anytime soon. Something tells me that they won’t.

Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, can’t we have a better Reality-Based Community?"

And of course the actual point of what Henderson writes -- go laugh yourself silly at all the ignorant "Mommy Marxist" comments -- is that on the margin, no matter whether his taxes are raised a lot or a little, something has to give. And note that any fool can figure out that likely options include job destruction for recent immigrants he employs. This is simply the same thing writ on a smaller scale than what happens for the "fat cats". (Note that by "fat cats" I exclude the Wall Street leeches most of whom should be in jail for being the living embodiment of Hamilton's dream of corruption curse.)