Our Betters

Via digby, we find in the The Hill a letter written by Darren McKinney, "former spokesman of the National Association of Manufacturers and currently represents the American Tort Reform Association." I especially enjoy this bit:

Though poll taxes have rightly been abolished, and every qualified registered voter willing to wait on line should certainly be free to exercise the franchise, there’s a lot to be said...for having most of our big political decisions influenced in greater measure by those who have succeeded in life and thus have a better sense of what it’ll take for our nation to succeed in the future.

Well, there it is. It would be better if the wealthy - by definition superior to those who aren't (funny that McKinney doesn't mention inheritance) - had a greater say in the running of the country than the mere hoi polloi. And notice the noblesse oblige: "every qualified registered voter willing to wait on line should certainly be free to exercise the franchise..." That's mighty generous of him, don't you think?

Imagine being ruled by Paris Hilton. Or, for that matter, Darren McKinney.

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