<p>Unions bosses like Bob King sure have their thumb on the <a href="http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/nolanfinleyblog/index.php?blogid=1418">pulse of America</a>, don't they?</p>
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<p>The real problem, the United Auto Workers president says, is not a shortage of resources, but that the country is leaving those resources in private pockets.<br />
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Higher taxes, King says, will fuel an economic boom, alleviate social misery and bring fairness to our land.</p>
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<p>He also claims that America is not broke. I suppose being dozens of trillions of dollars in the whole is not that bad for a liberal who thinks we are just a corporate jet tax away from balancing the budget.</p>
<p>In fact, America is broke. As Mark Steyn puts it, we are &quot;the brokest nation in history&quot;. Greece and Ireland, two European economies in meltdown status, have nothing on us. They are just billions in the hole. Ha! Billions - amateurs. Even Jennifer Granholm put Michigan over a billion in debt, and she hardly even tried. A green jobs program here, a jobs-crushing business tax there, and you can hit the billion mark quite easily.</p>
<p>But back to the illustrious Mr. King's remarks. He claims that the real problem is money is in the pockets of private citizens, not government bureaucrats.&nbsp; If only you would fork over more of your hard-earned cash, the union would be saved! I'll bet both he and Obama would love to implement President Roosevelt's <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700171335/Ominous-parallels-between-Obama-and-failed-economic-policies-of-FDR.html">proposal</a> of a 99.5% tax on incomes over $100,000. His reasoning: Why not? Sounds very Obama-esque, doesn't it?</p>
<p>So what would you do if, say, we had a 99.5% tax on incomes over $100,000, and you got a raise to $110,000. The scraps of that income bump would be enough for a few meals at McDonald's, but not much more. But we are approaching the &quot;to each according to his needs&quot; method of governing, and when the government arrives to give you what it think you need, hold onto not only your wallet, but your house, your furniture, and your meds.</p>