Counterfeit generosity from the the career opportunist

"A politician who promises to take money from those who produce and give it to those who don't isn't being generous. They're running for office.

"The scheme works because the cost stays invisible. Whoever pays doesn't show up in the speech. Whoever receives shows up at the rally. The politician gets the credit and skips the bill.

"When the budget doesn't balance, the answer is never to cut what failed, to manage public funds better, or to trim the privileges. It's to tax whoever hasn't been taxed enough yet and call it social justice. To take from whoever adds value to society. Meanwhile, the politician lives off taxpayer money without losing a minute of sleep.

"This counterfeit generosity only costs something to the people who actually contribute. For the career opportunist who has spent years feeding off public money and could very well do the honest work of actually helping people, it costs nothing but a tweet."

~ Students for Liberty