Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim S who wrote (23809)	7/12/2006 4:08:31 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541355

To each according to his need, and from each according to his means" is a quote from Karl Marx. I really don't like to hear the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee quoting Karl Marx. That's a quote Marx took from other sources, forget just which ones at the moment. And one that has been used in many contexts by many folk. Nor is it particularly objectionable. However, it doesn't strike me as one typical of Rostenkowski. Any source for the quote? And context in which he said it?

To: Jim S who wrote (23809)	7/12/2006 6:07:01 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541355

Not to defend Rosty, but "to each according to his means" and "to each according to his need" are different concepts. The first is income redistribution, pure and simple. The second is safety net. You may disagree with the idea of a safety net but it's not the same thing as income redistribution. In income redistribution, you're giving to everybody who has less in order to achieve parity, a leveling. You give to the able, as well as the disabled. For the safety net, you give to those who have a need, like unemployment, or disability, or children who are too young to work. Income redistribution is radical. Safety net is very old, as old as recorded history.