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To: tejek who wrote (246567)	8/19/2005 4:49:20 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571477

Ted, Read it again.....it makes perfectly good sense. If the pie is growing at the rate of X and the wealthy's share is growing at rate of X+1, then the wealthy's share of the pie is growing faster than the pie's rate........meaning that someone less fortunate has to give a portion of their share. That's the basis of the pathology of the left. It is not the size of the cake, but how equally the slices are cut. Joe

To: tejek who wrote (246567)	8/23/2005 9:55:57 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1571477

If the pie is growing at the rate of X and the wealthy's share is growing at rate of X+1, then the wealthy's share of the pie is growing faster than the pie's rate That much is true. .....meaning that someone less fortunate has to give a portion of their share. That does not logically follow. The pie is just an analogy. There is no pie to be distributed to different classes. The poor are not going up to the wealthy and handing them money, the rich aren't walking up to the poor and robbing them of their wealth. I could voluntarily make changes that cause me to be poor, or I could have a series of negative events in my life that cause me to be poor against my will (perhaps I lose my job, and have a major chronic health problem, and become disabled so I can't get another job and have no insurance). That wouldn't mean I was handing over my wealth or income to the wealthy or that their were stealing it from me. Tim