A modest proposal

I belong to a group that meets monthly over dinner to debate the topics of the day. The members are informed, intelligent and mostly liberals. That is not to say it’s monolithic, but the discussions are civil and witty. I consider myself an independent and evaluate each candidate and bill on its own merits. In this past election, my voting went about 60/40. Given the track record of resounding failures produced by socialism, economic and social, I generally oppose strategies that lean that way. This emerged in a tax-the-rich discussion around the dinner table. In the face of ardent proclamations that the principle is based upon fairness (if Karl Marx is synonymous with that), I made a proposal. We each bring our most recent tax return. The half that records the highest pays all the dues. The others pay nothing. No takers.