Sally Kohn has a bachelor's degree in psychology from George Washington University as well as a dual degree in public administration and legal studies from NYU Law School, where she was named a "Root Tilden public service scholar." Good for her. We imagine that she worked hard to earn that designation and her three degrees.
So how is it that with all that education, Kohn still doesn't understand where roads and schools come from?
Let's go back to midsummer of this year, when there was a national debate raging over who builds what in this country, and Kohn piped up in support of Barack Obama:
Obama's right, Americans can't succeed without government
My grandfather was a small business entrepreneur. He owned a clothing store in Penns Grove, New Jersey, and families came from across the southern part of the state to get slacks and blouses and jumpers for their kids. My grandfather employed two people who earned decent, middle class wages and made a good living for himself, probably upper middle class for that region.
And good for him. He worked hard and earned it.
But there were things that helped my grandfather’s business that he didn’t have to pay for. The roads trucks drove on to bring him products to sell. The court system that incorporated his business and protected the patents of what he sold. The police force that made it safe for people to shop there. The public schools that taught his employees how to read and do math, so my grandfather didn’t have to teach them. Make no mistake about it — my grandfather succeeded because of his hard work and initiative. But government played a supporting role.
From this we can conclude only one of two things. Either Sally Kohn's grandfather paid no taxes or his granddaughter is simply dumber than a box of rocks.
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