Just another example of the mindset of the libertarian branch of the free market religion--people are scum and we shouldn't reward scum, and on top of that, there's a inverse correlation between affluence and scumminess. Or, as JK Galbraith knew so well, there is no end to the number of "philosophers" and, nowadays, "commentators" willing to devote their lives to justifying greediness and selfishness as the highest of human virtues. Or, as Wislawa Szymborska said in her poem, No End of Fun, "he uses his reason to pick holes in reason." A pox on Sowell, O'Rourke, and all their ilk.