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# Frustrating
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/29968/
- Published: 2013-10-23T19:29:10.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-23T19:29:10.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

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H.I.F.

"Gentry liberalism”: increased spending on amenities and subsidies targeted at the elite, accompanied by painful cuts in basic public services for the poor and middle class. [Link](http://www.city-journal.org/2013/eon1016ar.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

Although "gentry liberalism" as used in the article is a little different, the phenomenon (taking from the non-rich to give to the rich) is where all government planning and programs eventually end up. The USSR (as well as every communist country) had a clear hierarchy. If you were inside the Kremlin or its friend, you had plenty. If you weren't, you struggled mightily. It's not a coincidence that northern Virginia has the highest per capita income in the United States.