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To: Solon who wrote (50903)	9/7/2006 5:56:48 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

EDIT: In other words, one can argue against the extent of the gap between rich and poor without having any animus toward capitalism or freedom. Many people whom have the good conscience to lament this gap fail to see that capitalism is not the enemy, but exploitation is always our foe. And by "exploitation", I don't mean a good deal. I mean a crooked deal. Slum landlords who keep rent deposits for pretended damage in garbage dumps because they know the welfare or street person has neither Will nor resources to sue for justice are a case in point. Such people increase the gap between rich and poor and it has nothing to do with capitalism. You can lament the gap to the extent it was not created by the actions of a free market but rather by "rent-seeking". (But I don't think that the majority of it is) You can also lament the gap to the extent that it might create a backlash against the free-market that you want to avoid. Neither position is inconsistent with support for the free market. OTOH I think a lot of the opposition to a gap or a growing gap is not so consistent with support for free markets. I'm not however saying your opposition is inconsistent.