U.N. Says U.S. Stingy

Does this guy look the part of a U.N. geek or what?

But U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan
Egeland suggested that the United States and other Western nations were being "stingy" with relief funds, saying there would be more available if taxes were raised.

"'There are several donors who are less generous than before in a growing world economy," he said, adding that politicians in the United States and Europe "believe that they are really burdening the taxpayers too much, and the taxpayers want to give less. It's not true. They want to give more."

There are so many things wrong with this, I don't know where to start. However, I will, for now, focus on two things:

First, I would like to address the arrogance of this statement and of the left in general. After starting my own blog, I have been perusing others for like-minded and alternative views. I have found a couple lefty blogs and the common theme among them is arrogance. They don't get into deep philosophical discussions of right and wrong. Indeed, many of them don't even buy the concept. The fact is, they know what's best for people and, for their own good, the sheeple need to listen. The final sentence of the above quote should really read: "They want to give more, and if they don't, they need to anyway".

Second, following this sort of thinking through any kind of extrapolation is scary. Where does it stop? Can anyone imagine a socialist nanny-state comprised of the whole world, with the U.N. it's caretaker? I understand that a lot of you libs are truly do-gooders and utopians, and want the best for everyone ( and I also understand that some of you are power-hungry megalomaniacs). But can you not see that centralized power is always evil?

The only way is capitalism; with individual freedom and property ownership as it's underpinnings. And the willingness of some to give away their freedoms (and their property) for some promise of security (or, worse, to assuage some sense of guilt) will always be an enigma.

Update - He backs down, but why is there no mention in the story of his comments on taxes? Only his comments about the U.S. being "stingy". Yet another example of the news being framed and covered a certain way. And it's just like MSM to only cover the pop-culture, emotional side of the issue and not it's real import.