Here is a good one from a Mr. Robert Staggs:
A phrase that is overused today is “obscene profits” as if some level beyond normal profits is too much. Must we emposer a pane of economists and social engineers to ascertain the exact profit margin at which “much higher than normal” profits reaches the “obscene” level? Should we therefore have a special tax rate on obscene profits and, out of “fairness”, subsidies for “obscene losses”?
Another phrase similar to yours is “tax cuts for the rich”. Well, only “the rich” pay taxes. Two thirds of personal income tax receipts are paid by the top ten percent of wage earners, those making at least $95,000 a year.
But the phrase that really bugs me is “speaking truth to power”. What does that even mean?
You should try “A Quaker Search for an Alternative to Violence.” It’s a lot of the hippy dippy nonsense Quakers are famous for, but if you scroll down a bit there actually is a good definition of speaking truth to power.
