Gloucester Daily Times
February 6, 2002
“Any politician who supports a tax cut should be arrested, convicted and sentenced to a minimum wage job, ideally a job that has no health insurance. If the politician has a spouse and children, they will probably find themselves eating a meal or two at a soup kitchen and applying for food stamps. They will probably have to visit the local emergency room for routine health care. They will end up praying that their car doesn’t break down, if they can even afford to keep a car on the road. They will suffer indignity, anxiety and hopelessness.
“Voters who support tax cuts and then complain about lousy roads, high housing prices, poor service in deregulated industries such as airlines and cable television, high health care costs and skyrocketing college tuition payments should be arrested, convicted and sentenced to working at a drug clinic. There, they will see real people fighting for their lives to overcome bad choices, mental illness and lack of opportunity. They will realize, it is hoped, that there is not much that separates the haves from the have nots in today’s America.”
“When did America become so cruel? How did our spiritual health become so detached from our material wealth? Is this really the America that Americans want?”
Comment: For those who believe that this must be a emotional expression of the views of an ultraliberal publisher, you should be aware that the Gloucester Daily Times is owned by Dow Jones & Co., Inc.