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| | | (...) I wish I could locate a cite right now, but the average american believes wrongly that they are within the top 1-5% of the wealthy in the U.S. Costello believes wrongly that the average american is doing well economically, but is probably (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | (...) Yes. Australians appear to be similar. (...) Absolutely. A good average standard of living is not necessarily an indicator that the average person has a good standard of living. I always wonder why people who would never favour dividing the (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | (...) I agree. What matters is how happy we are. There is no point in sidelining our friends & family just to "conform". Scott A (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom —Scott Costello
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| | | | (...) I am generally not a big fan of throwing out unsubstanciated numbers to back up a point, but I believe the last numbers I saw showed that the top 10% of wage earners in the US started at $75,000 a year. I also saw a survey that showed that 90% (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom —Richie Dulin
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| | | | (...) <snip> (...) But you didn't make a claim that "the percentage of people in this country without a roof over their heads, electricity, and running water is much higher than in most places" in your earlier post. You claimed that "[the] standard (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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