“The Gospel Of Wealth”

Reason #1,000,000,000,000 why we should tax the rich. https://t.co/ELgIUwwXns

— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) June 12, 2026

Charlie Sykes asked a great question. How many hospitals and non profits has @elonmusk built?

I genuinely don’t know.

— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@AdamKinzinger) June 13, 2026

As I’ve mentioned before, Andrew Carnegie built libraries across America. I practically grew up in one, from early elementary school through high school. Outside the school libraries, it was the only library in town. We just called it “the Carnegie library.” I was an adult before I knew why.

Carnegie argued as a moral imperative that the wealthy owed an obligation to society to use their wealth to benefit society, or to have it stripped from them by government at their death (a sort of radical rule against perpetuities). The loss of public morality is something James Talarico is scaring politicians with, rather like a crucifix scares vampires in the movies. 🧛‍♂️

I’ll again point out that my church’s  ancestors built a seminary, a hospital, an orphanage, and a mental health facility, shortly after they got here from Germany. All are still operating, and none of the people who did that were captains of industry or millionaires.

Just sayin’…. Carnegie had a point.