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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (292743)	6/29/2006 4:19:58 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574657

re: When 80% of the country feels entitled to what 20% of the country already has, that's the beginnings of a communism. Strawman.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (292743)	6/29/2006 5:27:03 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574657

"Everyone benefits from having a stable country." Probably doesn't make a huge difference to the inner city poor. "Everyone also benefits if we went back to Kennedy's original idea of" Instead we have Cheney's "I had other priorities". "When 80% of the country feels entitled to what 20% of the country already has" It depends. There was a time when only the top 20% or so could depend on living past 30. That has changed. But the article wasn't a call for redistibuting wealth. It does point out the huge problem of income disparity and the negative impact it has. Again, I encourage you to travel in Europe and compare the cities to ours. In Europe the middle class is, percentage-wise, significantly larger than in the US. It makes a huge difference in society.