Sen. Rand Paul Interviewed on David Letterman

(Feb.24/11)
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Feb. 26, 2011

My favorite part of this interview is when Paul points out how teachers in Wisconsin are making ~89k on average (w/ benefits), Letterman responds "and they should be making double!" to loud cheers.

Well, it depends what you mean by "should." If you mean technically what "should" they be making, the answer would be $0.00. They don't provide a voluntarily paid for service, but instead live off money extorted from their private sector neighbors. If you mean "should" in the sense you think more should be stolen from the productive and redistributed to the parasites, then sure, not only "should" they be making more, they're already making 89k more than they "should."

Meanwhile, what Paul was likely going to point out is private sector workers make on average ~58k a year (w/ benefits).

Shouldn't they be making double? The private sector is paying the salaries of the government workers, and not voluntarily because they want their "services" but upon threat of murder and jail time if they don't pay their "taxes." That's extortion in non-government newspeak language.

The fact of the matter is government as a whole is a parasitic organization supported entirely through extortion and theft. When you claim a monopoly on a service, prevent people from competing violently, and force people to pay for your service violently, you cede any pretense of providing any sort of "service" to anyone.

Government is nothing more than a violent mob of tax feeding extortionists and killers. Fire them all and we'd be infinitely wealthier as a result, including the parasites (because they'd be creating wealth rather than consuming it). - Chris, InfoLib