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Re: US finds evidence of WMD at last !
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Sat, 31 May 2003 16:28:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Terry Prosper wrote:
> The riches should pay 70% of their income.
> They would still be rich
For a while... but not for long. Do your research. Confiscatory taxes kill off
growth.
> and poor people would be able to eat.
Not for long. Once the rich were mined out, what then?
> Do you prefer to
> see poor people starve to death while rich people are eating caviar
> with a gold
> spoon while their 3 sports car are waiting in the garage?
Depends on what you mean.
Do I want to see otherwise virtuous people who had some reversals of fortune
suffer while people who made their money via pull/scam/stealing enjoy life?
Nope.
Charity for the first, and go after the second with the legal system, we have
laws against fraud already, and major structural change is needed to reduce
influence as a way to make money.
OR
Do I want to see people who have consistenly made bad choices in life and expect
handouts to evade the consequences suffer, while people who have worked hard and
honestly to provide things of value that lots of people want enjoy the fruits of
their labor as they see fit? (1)
YOU BET I DO. You should too.
If you don't, I suggest you have issues. (More issues than I already realised.)
I'd call you a wannabe thief if I was feeling grumpier. The thing most people
forget about the Robin Hood legend is that he was taking ill gotten gains from
criminals and giving them to the very people they were stolen from.
1 - I'm not much on caviar but I've in the past owned 3 sports cars at the same
time... gave that addiction up for LEGO though
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| A. I'm actually in favor of less taxation, but that it is not the way our system is currently structured and I am not going to hold my breath waiting for a change. B. I don't want to get mired in a discussion about what is 'income' v. 'capital' -- (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) <smip> (...) So you think your opinion is THE RIGHT ONE now? I should too? You base your entire theory one two theorical cases: The Superman vs. The low-life asshole. Reality is not like that. People shouldn't have their kids starve to death (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Moore complains about it because Dubya's economy plans are more profitable to the riches than to poor. Also, I'd say that his point of view on the problems that USA are dealing with is more accurate and intelligent than Dubya could ever (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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