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To: tejek who wrote (159723)2/1/2003 7:14:54 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583981
 
Ted, <50 years of data say the rich keep getting richer. I don't understand why that factoid doesn't make an impression on you.>

I'm not really sure how to tackle that problem, except by making a firm commitment to education, free trade, and family values. The dumber the poor get, the more they'll allow themselves to be exploited by the rich.

But I DON'T believe that government should artificially fix that problem by tilting taxes even more heavily toward the rich. It hurts the honest rich people, and the dishonest ones will become even more so. Meanwhile, it makes poor people more dependent on government than on themselves, and we regress further into a welfare state.

Tenchusatsu



To: tejek who wrote (159723)2/1/2003 7:32:51 PM
From: d[-_-]b  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583981
 
tejek,

re:50 years of data say the rich keep getting richer.

50 years???

I think we have Millennium's of data to support that. The difference is that in America anyone has the opportunity to become rich - as thousands of pennyless Immigrants have done for 200+ years. And every last one of us has that dream and doesn't want to be taxed to death when we get there.


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