DISQUS

The bizarre thing about the surprisingly pervasive "This is an insidious plot by Bush to enrich his investment banker supporters!" schtick is that many of the same people who advance that argument are populists who demonize the rich.

For them, when the rich make investments in companies, it's worker exploitation and an insidious plot to make rich people richer. When the poor have a chance to make investments in companies, it's an insidious plot to transfer money from the investors to investment bankers.

Maybe there's something to that argument regarding volume of investment or something that I'm not getting, but as it's been formulated to me, it seems unpersuasive in the extreme.

Hmm, I guess I'm an outlier. I haven't reached that Mencken-style jumping off point where you just shake your head and get another drink. I yell, /then/ I shake my head and get another drink.