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To: Lane3 who wrote (48857)	6/5/2004 4:57:15 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793917

RR dead at 93 will control our Politics next week. Burial at his Library site in Simi Valley will be mid-week, I would guess. Let's see. We will have an array of Ford, Carter, Clinton, and both Bush's. You can be sure the "profile picture" of the five of them will be widely shown. I was in my hardest Libertarian stage when he got elected. I remember thinking, "After Reagan, people will say, 'we tried Capitalism, and it doesn't work.'" I am glad I was wrong.

To: Lane3 who wrote (48857)	6/5/2004 6:04:40 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793917

In my mind, it's not the direction of the redistribution that matters. It's the whole notion of a Federal role in redistribution and the senses of entitlement and resentment redistribution provokes. Not to mention the inefficiency. You're opening up a completely different conversation when you move to the pros and cons of redistributive social policy. My only point was that it's compatible with a good many political/social programs and easily encompassed within, broadly speaking, a label like capitalism. As for the kinds of consequences you bring up, I think it depends on the type of program and how it is administered, rather than the fact of redistribution. For instance, and this is a very, very long conversation, despite my quarrels with the regressive character of social security taxes, I consider it, along with medicare, the great safety net for the elderly. Changed their lives. Much, much for the better. Well, given my years, I should say "our."