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To: TigerPaw who wrote (11317)	2/8/2006 6:28:04 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541627

Do you think there is a solution to economic disparity? Sure, there's a solution. Problem is that the only way to achieve it is worse than the problem it solves. First you set up a totalitarian government, ban private property and business transaction, hire half the population to keep an eye on the other half, etc, etc. or is that just one of those intractable and unfortunate things? In a certain sense it is a necessary and desirable thing. There will always be some people better off than other people. It has to be that way unless you go with option A above. The question is when economic disparity becomes unhealthy. IMO, it's unhealthy when it is rigid, like a caste system, and it's unhealthy if the gap is so great and the underprivileged so many that you have civil unrest. IMO the solution to that is a strong economy, equal opportunity, and available information on making good choices.