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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Dale Baker who wrote (186412)3/31/2012 3:17:12 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 542908
 
While paying more taxes might seem to be against the interests of the rich, if the taxes and safety nets stabilize society, as they seem to do, these things are in the interests of the rich, and everyone else. Entrepreneurship and capitalism doesn't just extend to legitimate activities, it extends to crime. When you deeply screw the poor, they will, often, find enterprising ways of exploiting criminal activities to "get back" at the upper classes- and make money off them. They will extort, kidnap, and steal. I find I prefer a society that keeps such initiative to a minimum.
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