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To: neolib who wrote (31419)	11/10/2006 4:46:23 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541969

I read your last paragraph carefully enough. I don't consider it factual or relevant. - "I would much rather see the State concentrate on enhancing the economic ecosystem of the middle, than in enhancing the economic ecosystem of the top only to reshuffle a fraction of that to the bottom. The former leads to long term State health, while IMO, the latter leads to long term problems." I don't think the government is shuffling resources from the bottom to the wealthy, or to the wealthy at all (on a net basis, obviously some particular wealthy people get a lot from the government). The government funnels money away from the wealthy. They might be getting even wealthier, but that isn't a refutation of that fact. I think it is impossible to build a stable society with the bulk of the wealth in the hands of a very few, while an ever increasing fraction is very poor. Depending on exactly how you define "bulk" and "very few", I either disagree, or think that you inaccurately describe what is happening in our society. while an ever increasing fraction is very poor. That isn't true. You might recall that the USA was founded largely by poorer people And it was founded without all the class warfare and socialism lite of today. It was founded with freedom being a higher priority than it is today. What you are advocating is the John Gault world of Rand's fiction. No it isn't. Flat taxes, a national sales tax, or lower taxes, don't amount to "a John Gault world". Unfortunately, there is pervasive evidence that this will not work. I disagree. Republicans spend much of their political energy on trying to enable the Gault world Nonsense. They do nothing of the sort.