Democrats make great examples. If you have no job, we will reward you with "free" money. If you have a job, we will punish you with taxes. If you are successful, we'll punish you some more. Don't even think about about wealthy, we'll cut you legs out from under you.
That mentality is backwards in so many ways, but mainly in the choice of punishment of success, rather than reward. Capitalism rewards hard work, thereby encouraging it. Capitalism rewards innovation, competition, and efficiency. All of these are absent or nearly so in government.
The other downfall of government's punishing mentality is freedom, intentionally on the part of some. If you are encouraged to get a degree, through grants for example, you may do so, but you are not discouraged from taking up a trade if that's where you passion or skills lie. Whereas if you are punished, with taxes perhaps, for not making a given choice a percentage of people will be forced to make that choice, limiting their freedom, increasing market inefficiencies, lowering GDP, and Americans standard of living.
Or more succintly, That government is best which governs least. Thoreau/Paine Et al.
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