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You can re-write the parable if you wish, but it no longer mirrors reality. Any reduction in tax rates is commonly decried as "Tax cuts for the Rich." No one
by hnal943 16y ago
You can re-write the parable if you wish, but it no longer mirrors reality. Any reduction in tax rates is commonly decried as "Tax cuts for the Rich." No one says anything like , "the poor always win!"
Obviously, a parable is only as good and the truth it illustrates. If the parable is implausible (like your revised version), it obviously carries no weight.
- amalcon 16y agoIt doesn't matter how "plausible" it is, only whether or not it's actually happened. If it has not actually happened, then it carries no weight in an argument. Parables are good for teaching children lessons, but not as evidence for a particular viewpoint. (Also, you may not hear people say things like "The poor always win." That's because that side prefers to a different sort of emotional appeal; I hear things that express the same sentiment all the time. Nobody discusses economics in good faith, which is part of the problem.)