Dispatches from Extreme Economics

BTW: I hope to make "Dispatches from Extreme Economics" a recurring feature. When you see such a post, it means: "This strikes me as a little over the top and extreme, but it's a development/idea worth watching." Put another way, "I think this person has a point, even if I'm a little embarrassed to admit it for fear people will think me an extremist."

An Allegroy

It's federal money. Don't say "taxpayer money." I hate that term. It implies that taxpayers have a property right to the money, which they don't. The money feeds the federal government machine, and the money belongs to it by force. Taxpayers have no more right to it than I have a right to access my neighbor's checking account.