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To: TimF who wrote (202762)	9/17/2004 8:13:19 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574061

re: The long run trend is for the poor to also get wealthier. The Bush trend is the opposite... he's changed the tide. John

To: TimF who wrote (202762)	9/17/2004 9:48:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574061

Because the rich almost always take from the poor that's how their share of the pie keeps growing.. Its not even clear that there is a really long run trend of their share of the pie growing (look at the great "robber barons" compared to the poor of their days or the before that the richest nobles and merchant families compared to the peasants and poor city dwellers.), but if it is, it is because the rich are participating in, or financing activities that create wealth. They aren't stealing it from the poor, or at least the vast majority of them are not. Huh? Money buys you attorneys and the power to do things that you could not do as a poor man. The poor rarely have the means to fight back. Its one of the negatives of capitalism. The long run trend is for the poor to also get wealthier. Yes, I said that.........the pie keeps getting bigger. If it didn't, there would be a revolution. America's rich have learned from past history but now they grow greedy. ted