The Mayor of Barrington Hills letter “It’s about business, not about socialism” should have been titled “Shut your mouths, pay your taxes, how dare you question the wisdom of those of us working in government.”
In his defense of an ever-expanding, intrusive government he conveniently ignores the problems that government causes. He assumes that because government gives us a program that it is automatically worthwhile, never does harm and runs as intended. For example, he cites Social Security and Medicare but ignores the fact that each program has trillions of dollars of unfunded liabilities and that Social Security is now paying out more than it takes in.
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