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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: koan who wrote (47291)1/30/2008 12:00:26 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 541853
 
he has followed an elitist philosophy making the rich richer and the poor poorer

I scratched my head the previous time you used the word, "elitist." Almost posted a response.

" ELITIST i.e. that his class had a right to live better than the unwashed masses-lo."

I don't think that's the right word. The reason I reacted to your usage is the hatred found on some RW threads for elites. They have in mind something quite different. It seems to me that you're talking about the rich, not the elite. They have in mind the ivy covered intellectuals, who are hardly rich and are often political champions of the underdog.

Perhaps you mean "plutocratic."

As for the substance of your comment, the first I posted, his tax cut favored large families. [I noticed that because I didn't get a dime out of it. :/]

Re your second comment, of course the rich have a right to live better. There's no point in striving to become rich if you can't live better. The word becomes meaningless otherwise.
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