day no. 16,863: parasitism on parade

“Taxes reduce the production of what is taxed: industry, profitability, thrift, and investment. Subsidies increase the production of what is subsidized, and in the redistributive society that means idleness and parasitism.” — Herbert Schlossberg, Idols for Destruction

If the lazy man already has enough trouble getting his own hand back to his mouth, how much more difficulty will he have when you pay him to stop reaching into the jar?

Proverbs 26:15

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;

He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.

If men are already tempted to fall short or fizzle out, how much more so when they are punished for finishing?

The taxman produces parasitism on parade where he provides both the fake flowers on the floats and the captive audience.