Like a rabid dog backed into a corner, the Republicans bite back against Elizabeth Warren.

If you’ve ever read the condescending comments of conservatives at any web site, you would think they were the adults in the room, begging for an intellectual conversation. That would be another lie.

Let's start with this quote by Elizabeth Warren:

Warren: “You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for.  You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate.  You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for.”

Here's what Michael Laprarie posted in response:

He went on to write this:

Huh?  By making an obviously spurious claim that “the rest of us” (i.e. everyone but the wealthy) were the ones who paid for our public services, is Prof. Warren trying to claim that wealthy Americans are resentful about paying for roads, schools, and emergency services, things that virtually all of us have depended on — and supported — for well over a century?  I think so. 

No, she wasn’t imply the wealthy are resentful of paying for roads etc., just that they can afford to help even more. So strike one. Here's strike two:

And she is doing it because she is trying to manipulate her audience into being angry at “the rich” because they don’t appear to feel guilty, when they damn well should be. 

Gulp! I didn’t detect any “guilt” from “the rich” that time either. Which shows the writer, ironically, is not getting it again. And strike three:

Her manipulation cleverly avoids the real reason why many Americans are truly concerned about the taxes we pay. As the size and cost of the Federal government increases beyond what was originally outlined in our national social contract (The Constitution), the mutual consent of the people diminishes proportionately.

Dumb line, not in the constitution. We can debate the size of government, but we have a choice. That choice was left up to the states and to the people.