883조에 군침 흘리는 문재인 정부와 좌파들
월명(조갑제닷컴 회원)
집권 여당의 원내대표 홍영표가 삼성이 20조만 풀어도 2백만 명에게 1천만 원씩 나누어 줄 수 있다고 발언을 했다가 여론의 질타를 받은 바 있다. 비판 여론이 거세지자 진의가 잘못 전달되었다고 해명을 했으나 여러 가지 정황을 보면 진의가 잘못 전달된 것이 아니라 정확하게 전달된 것처럼 판단된다.
좌파 시민단체인 '재벌 사내유보금 환수 운동본부'와 '사회변혁노동자당' 등은 이미 지난 4월부터 대기업의 사내유보금을 환수하겠다고 활발하게 활동 하고 있다. 홍영표의 발언은 이들의 정서를 대변한 진의였을 것으로 생각된다. 홍영표의 발언이 단순한 실수가 아니라는 사실은 요즘 좌파 언론들의 기획 기사나 민주당 대표에 출마하고 있는 인사들의 발언에서도 감지되고 있다. 다만 883조를 어떻게 다룰 것인가에 대해서는 저마다 약간 다른 처방들을 제시하고 있지만 분명한 사실은 문재인 정부와 여당 그리고 좌파 시민단체나 좌파 언론 모두가 대기업의 사내 유보금에 눈독을 들이고 있는 것만은 틀림 없다.
좌파들이 대기업들의 사내유보금을 가지고 착각하는 것이 또 한 가지 있다. 사내 유보금은 현금이 아니다. 현금 형태로 보유하고 있는 부분도 있지만, 재고 자산, 아직 받지 못한 외상값, 토지 및 건물과 공장 시설, 특허와 같은 무형 고정자산 등 다양한 형태로 소유하고 있는 것이다. 현금 흐름이 세계적이라고 하는 삼성전자조차도 2백 몇조의 사내 유보금중 현금 자산은 32조에 불과하다. 현금 보유 2위인 하나은행의 현금 보유액은 9조 정도. 지불 준비금을 감안하며 그 현금은 맘대로 쓸 수 있는 돈이 아니다. 정확한 통계는 알 수 없으나 사내 유보금 대 현금 자산 보유 비율을 감안하면 30대 재벌의 현금 보유 금액은아무리 많이 잡아도 150조 정도를 넘지 않을 것이다.
민주당의 일부 인사와 좌파들이 입버릇처럼 말하는 '재벌 그룹에 낮잠 자는 883 조' 운운하는 것을 보면 정말 무식의 극치를 보는 듯하다. 30대 재벌이 가지고 있는 현금 자산을 모두 환수해도 150조에 불과한데 883조를 환수한다는 것은 회사를 처분하여 부채를 청산한 후 주주에게 돌아갈 회사의 자기자본을 모두 가져가겠다는 것이나 마찬가지다. 어디에서 이런 지식을 주어 들은 것인지 모르겠다. 그런 아이디어를 내는 사람의 얼굴 좀 보고 싶다. 그래서 30대 재벌을 모두 해체해 버리자는 것인가. (발췌)
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The New Bureaucratic Man
•Jim Fedako
[Originally published May 19, 2010.]
There is something to Trotsky's vision of man under communism. From all historical appearances, man under a totalitarian state functions differently than a man under liberty. And degrees of man exist as society slowly turns from liberty to slavery.
The prevailing view is that man under socialized healthcare will remain the same as man today — a man living under a pseudo-free market. In fact, some even believe that man may progress. In this view, the doctor we see today will, at the very least, remain the same under socialized health care. Don't bet on it.
Unlucky Ducks
I once worked as a software contractor for a state agency (forgive me). The building where I worked was not your typical government building. It had a modern feel, with a decorative moat detailing the front entrance. The front door — guarded, of course — was accessible via a walkway bridge of sorts.
It's not what you may be thinking; it was all very subtle and nice. However, the drop from the bridge to the mulch-covered, bush-laden moat was a good three feet.
One year, at the beginning of spring, a duck built a nest in the moat, under one of the many bushes. As her ducklings hatched and grew, it came time for them to search for water. However, despite their repeated attempts, the ducklings could not jump from the moat to the walkway bridge.
One of the employees in the building asked the building manager if he (the employee) could place a wooden ramp to allow the ducklings to waddle out of the moat. Being a good state employee himself, the building manager called the state department of natural resources for guidance. The answer: since ducks are migratory birds, no one could do anything.
The next morning, someone plastered official signs around the entrance, stating that any attempt to help the ducks was a violation of law. No ramp, no water, no food. And violators — you know this already — would be prosecuted to the fullest extent.
Soon we had a real scene. The mother duck would leave the moat and encourage her ducklings to follow. They couldn't, of course. She would march back and forth on the walkway bridge and quack in desperation. All the while, the guard at the entrance stood watch, stopping any attempt to help.
Repeated calls to the bureaucrats at the department of natural resources were answered by a repetition of laws and fines. And not one of the department employees was going to go against the rules, or even ask for an exemption, for any reason.
The ducklings died days later.
There you have it: upon joining the state, the department of resource folks — folks who likely dreamed of careers helping wildlife — became staunch bureaucrats enforcing rules over reason.
Healthcare
I have had many good experiences with doctors, nurses, and such. Our pre-Obamacare system was not perfect, but it suffered from nothing that the free market couldn't cure. Nevertheless, our elected officials believe otherwise. And they have a lot of support from the masses, who, I believe, are deluded.
Many proponents of socialized healthcare envision a system where their current providers remain, and society, hidden behind the state, pays the bills. But man changes by degree as liberty is lost. So the smiling doctor and caring nurse you trust will become the faces of the nomenklatura and apparatchiks. They can become nothing else.
Yuri Maltsev, former economist under Gorbachev, detailed the truths of Soviet medicine in a recent Mises.org article. He wrote of drunken medical professionals roaming the halls of filthy hospitals — hospitals devoid of necessary equipment and supplies. And he wrote of a system where adherence to the rules of the bureaucracy trumped reason and sanity.
Meeting quotas was the mission, not serving the patients. So people died due to the rules of the bureaucracy, and no one could or would do otherwise.
Do we really believe the conduct of Russians under socialist rule was due to genetics or geography? Do we really believe there is something unique about Russians or Russia — and all the other groups who lived under socialist rule? And do we really believe Americans under that very same system would comport themselves in a different manner — as if altruism were genetic in the 50 states? Does anyone really believe any of that?
We have a tough case to make. We have the supporters of socialized healthcare dreaming that everything will remain the same, except someone else will pay the bill. It's a nice fantasy. But a fantasy, nonetheless. And fantasies can be hard to defeat at times.
On our side, we have the science of economics that says the system will collapse in the end. It will collapse under its own weight due to the state's inability to allocate resources efficiently. And just as important, we have history that shows how man behaves when under socialism — how man will behave until the system finally collapses. And let me tell you, that behavior ain't pretty.
Your doctor and nurse, no matter how nice today, will become the bureaucracy. They will see you in terms of state rules and regulations. They will push you out into the cold rather than risk having you die on site — and them having to suffer the consequences of a bad report to the central authorities.
Of course, your beloved healthcare professionals will not change overnight from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde. No, they will slowly change as the cloud of socialized medicine and accompanying bureaucracy incessantly rots their souls (as it rots our souls as well). It will happen — it has to.
To think otherwise is to be that mother duck, expecting officials of the state to rescue her ducklings because that is what employees of the department of natural resources are supposed to do: rescue wildlife.
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