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To: Lane3 who wrote (7998)	12/24/2005 1:27:57 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542914

I have difficulty with labeling the desire to be compensated for constructive work done and/or risk taken as "greed" let alone "excessive greed." Likewise wanting to provide for one's offspring, one's favorite causes, one's friends. Calling that "enlightened" is topsy-turvey to my eye. We never implied that constructive work done and/or risk taken should not be compensated. But, at a certain point the ability to obtain more material wealth becomes meaningless. I think the arguement could be about where we draw that line. I don't think that it makes sense for it to be unlimited. If we look at it in that respect, where we draw the line, the next step we would be taking is to find out what really makes people tick and draw that line at some reasonable place - to benefit everybody. Your approach - not to draw any lines, caters to the worst elements of human emoton - excessive greed. It is senseless.