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To: Tim McCormick who wrote (77910)	12/3/1999 11:03:00 AM
From: Cynic 2005	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

<<It is so simple-If everybody's a millionaire, how much is a cup of coffee?>> Funny you should mention that. This is from my mock drivel: #reply-11522325 ------- <<As it turns out, capitalism is not based on the presumption that everybody can be rich, which in fact, is the ideological backbone of socialism. Here, rich is defined by a state in which the subjects, i.e. the people, will have enough money to purchase the goods and services they need and desire without regard to the price they pay. If you look at it closely, as I have done, it is not different from socialism where the needs are met by the State and desires are non-existent (and hence can be treated as fulfilled). >>