Tax $$$ help rich, educated, white folks

Many times in discussing (arguing against) government’s increasing role and purpose, I have maintained that government has two jobs: (1) maintain order; and, (2) protect property.

Those are the only reasons for a government’s existence. When a government inserts itself or tries to insert itself into anything other than order and protection, it acts illegally.

And, generally ineptly. To wit: ‘Washington, DC’s Capital Bikeshare: Tax $$$ for Rich, Educated, White Riders.’

http://reason.com/blog/2012/06/20/washington-dcs-capital-bikeshare-tax-for

Is anybody shocked? Raise your hand if you are surprised that providing rental bicycles in an urban setting is a program used almost exclusively by college-educated white folks. Aha. That’s what I thought.

Who would have thought that poor, dropout, dark-skinned urban peoples would not rent bicycles to get around town? Well, government types, maybe. More likely, bureaucrats and lawmakers never considered who would use rental bikes and who would not, or at least never spoke their thoughts.

The bike rental thing is only another example of a thing most people do not consider or do not talk about: All programs aimed at helping poor, dropout, dark-skinned urban peoples exist to keep said peoples out of educated, white suburbs; i.e., in their place.

Proponents of such programs might argue aid plans constitute a form of order. You won’t hear that reasoning from the Progressive types, though. For a Progressive to admit that would mean admission of another fact: Racism.