Jefferson on Aristocracy

Happy 278th birthday to Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence.

As part of his role as a Founding Father, Jefferson noted: “There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents… The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy.” 

I’m sorry, good sir, but such provisions were never made, and now we have a congress that is essentially owned by the super-rich.

There is talk of a wealth tax, which, of course, would need to be approved by these employees of the super-rich.  Doesn’t look promising.