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To: Poet who wrote (11369)	4/30/2002 5:18:59 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Yes, but it's on top of his head. In a capitalistic system, it is the duty of the government to prevent the formation of monopolies and cartels. If it does it's job, the rest should be settled by the market. If you work 20 hours a week and earn just enough to meet your basic needs and I work 80 hours a week first building houses, then running rentals, then a real estate empire, is it fair that you should get just as much of societies goods and services as I?

To: Poet who wrote (11369)	4/30/2002 5:53:54 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 21057

If he does its not a very good one in my opinion. Yes the rich have more power but in the US and other modern democracies they don't dominate the less rich. I can use Linux instead of Windows or I can use another OS or I can refrain from using computers. Bill Gates has little power over me. I don't see how any other rich people in the US dominate me either. Tim

To: Poet who wrote (11369)	4/30/2002 9:27:43 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

What point is that? That the rich are bad because they can afford to buy what they like? As long as it is fair exchange, both parties benefit. Paying your way is not the same as robbery. Even assuming that the rich inherited, and were "undeserving", is the good luck of some a reason for resentment? Brains, beauty, athletic ability, and other qualities are doled out unequally? Should we despise the intelligent, who, by and large, run the world, for "dominating" the mediocre or stupid? Or should we thank them for putting their brains to use for the common good, as is often the case. Similarly, the rich are a by- product of a productive economic system, and have their role in the general improvement of all.......