The Club for Greed!
Did you vote for your favorite CFG slur? Calling the Club for Growth "a bunch of well-oiled troglodytes" was by far my favorite.
I always laugh when we're called such nefarious names. The most common ad hominem is that we're all Wall Street fat cats...or even funnier, plutocrats. These critics probably think we drink single-malt scotch while smoking cigars and using $100 bills as kindling in our humongous fireplaces.
But the truth isn't as devilish. The Club for Growth is a membership organization of over 40,000 people from every state in the Union. And these people represent a wonderful cross-section of capitalism. They represent the brilliance of the division of labor. Going through our membership database, I took a sample of our members' occupations that were voluntarily given to us. Sure we have our share of doctors, lawyers, investment bankers, and accountants, but we also have the following (I tried to represent every letter of the alphabet).
Acupuncturist
Ballerina (seriously)
Cattle Breeder
Deli Manager
Entertainer (for Walt Disney)
Factory Worker
Grape Grower
High School Teacher
Ingredient Handler (for Nestle)
Janitor
Letter Carrier
Math Professor
Nurse
Organic/Medicinal Chemist
Planetary Scientist
Quality Engineer
Racing Official
Smog Technician
Talent Agent
UPS Driver
Valet (for Embassy Suites)
Woodworker
What a marvelously diverse group of people! And it's not like we have just one of each. We have dozens of truck drivers, teachers, managers, and nurses, just to name a few (regretably, we do only have one ballerina). And this was just a tiny sample. I could keep going with more. We have a jeweler, an interior designer, a tool and die maker, a veternarian, a sailor, and dozens of other occupations. And they are all united with the firm belief that prosperity is achieved only through economic liberty. They also probably don't like being called fat cats and troglodytes. But this blog post probably won't stop our critics from calling us names in the future. And frankly, I don't want them to stop. If they do, we must be doing something wrong!
