> Besides philanthropy, another social practice is that parents take care of their children. Then, when the children become adults, they in turn take care of their offspring. This is exactly what Warren has in mind with her talk of "pay forward for the next kid who comes along." That's exactly what society expects of people, and that's what most of us do. Here again, we see Warren injecting the government into the mix, without any justification. It is an analogy, you see -- a structural comparison of two like systems. When a parent bequeaths wealth to his child, there is no external entity which forces the hand of the parent to do so. It is merely a social practice. So to invoke the government in the role of "paying forward" wealth to future benefactors is an act which must be justified -- something Warren failed to do in the cited clip. The rest of your rant is full of similar straw man attacks against an argument no one is making. Then you end it with a childish "STFU & GTFO" with full expectation to be taken seriously. > Typical Conservative response - "you're not being civil, therefore your argument is invalid." You come in here trashing progressive tax and you will find my boot up your ass. I do not suffer libertarians, butt-hurt or not. I am neither a Conservative nor a Libertarian. I am in fact a Liberal who supports progressive tax rates, but cannot stand willful ignorance, strawman attacks, over-simplified bullshit arguments, "Us versus Them" mentality or childish internet rants from holier-than-thou asshats with inflated egos. I prefer to defend my arguments on their own merits instead of misrepresenting the opposing argument in a desperate effort to further some political agenda at any cost. Furthermore, I refuse to automatically align myself with people I agree with just because they're "on my side" even if they use deceptive and illogical tactics. > Hubski is Reddit without the crowds. Fuck that shit. If you want reddit, go back to reddit. Obviously the hive mind there is more suited to your purposes.