Many refugees from the transfer system pride themselves on their prowess in all matters of escape. Some escape artists may even amass sizable fortunes on their way to the social exits. But they are neither prudent nor bold, and surely no heroes in any sense of the word. They are running from the battlefield of ideas on which our future is decided. They are deserting, although the battle is still raging and there is no safe hiding place anywhere.
Many victims also try to get even by joining the class of beneficiaries.
While chafing under the heavy load of progressive taxation and rampant inflation, they are getting in line for any and all favors the transfer government may extend. The businessman who is suffering from confiscatory taxation and restrictive regulation lobbies for government orders and contracts, for urban renewal or other HUD-subsidized housing projects. The attorney or accountant, the professor, minister or rabbi, in fact, all primary victims of taxation and inflation send their children to public schools or state universities where government pays the lion' s share of the educational expenses. And upon retirement, they all are looking forward to the generous benefits of Social Security. In the end, no one knows with certainty whether he has lost or gained from the transfer system.