… here?s a letter to the New York Times:
Paul Krugman alleges that rich opponents of tax hikes are gripped by ?a belligerent sense of entitlement? (?The Angry Rich,? Sept. 20). Well, yes: save for corporate-welfare kings and queens, rich people earn their riches. They are, in fact, entitled to their money, and entitled to be angry when government tries to take more of it.
What Mr. Krugman derisively calls a ?sense of entitlement? is what
sensible people call ?property rights.? In fact, I?ll bet that Mr.
Krugman himself retains traces of this pre-?Progressive?
possessiveness: if government tried to take credit for 40 percent of
his scholarly output ? allowing him to sign his name to only 60 percent
of his articles, books, and columns ? I?ll bet that he, too, would
exhibit ?a belligerent sense of entitlement.?Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
