The inequality that accompanies a vibrant capitalist society is attractive because it enables growth that benefits all. If capitalism is working well, then, as growth advances, the welfare of even the poorest members of society improves. A capitalist can accept the fact that the fellow at the top has a lot more money than the fellow in the middle, because the system that allows that to happen helps the fellow at the bottom. — National Review
Someone tell this idiot:
GUNG-HO DEAN
You may talk o’ gents sincere,
Even meet one ‘ere an’ there
In the ‘eartland where such things are sometimes seen;
But when it comes to blather,
There are few besides Dan Rather
Who can really dish it out like Gung-ho Dean!
Now in DC’s sunny clime,
Where there’s ‘ot air all the time
And a person never talks when ‘e can scream,
Of all that gaseous crew
The gassiest man I knew
Was the Democratic chairman, Gung-ho Dean.
It was Dean! Dean! Dean!
You bellowin’, blusterin’ blow-‘ard Gung-ho Dean!
Though I shout and shake and drool,
Roll my eyes and play the fool,
You’re a battier man than I am, Gung-ho Dean!
(F.R. Duplantier, 2005)